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Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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pbiggar[dead post] ◴[17 Nov 25 17:07 UTC] No.45955566[source]▶
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AlexandrB ◴[17 Nov 25 17:09 UTC] No.45955590[source]▶
Are you suggesting this software will somehow be able to make a phone explode? The pagers weren't just normal pagers with malware, I'm pretty sure they were loaded with actual explosives.
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1. zahlman ◴[17 Nov 25 17:12 UTC] No.45955623[source]▶
GP self-describes as "Cofounder of Tech for Palestine", so making that sort of mental association is not unexpected.
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2. zapataband2 ◴[17 Nov 25 19:10 UTC] No.45956888[source]▶
It's a pretty well established phenomenon and he cites israeli leaders. no need for ad-hominem attacks. What's your argument for allowing spyware?
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4. vladgur ◴[17 Nov 25 19:35 UTC] No.45957291[source]▶
he cited a single Israeli private citizen. not Israeli leaders.

The fact that a data-harvesting bloatware is installed on common handsets should be controversial enough.

Both the title of this post and the link try to add "Israel is baaaad" angle as just because a company was founded in Israel.

Israel is a middle-eastern tech hub that produces a lot of tech companies and innovations. Its just a numbers game that some of them will be working on things of questionable value to humanity.

What GP suggesting is discriminating against all technologies developed by Israel because of his political views, nothing more.

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5. richwater ◴[17 Nov 25 20:41 UTC] No.45958039{4}[source]▶
Your claim has nothing to do with the parent claim. Truthful or not, you can't write an article, have it debunked or disputed and then move onto another argument.