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Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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391 points croes | 3 comments | 17 Nov 25 16:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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hersko ◴[17 Nov 25 17:14 UTC] No.45955639[source]▶
So a Unity owned bloatware company being used by Samsung is now somehow controversial because it was founded in Israel? Am i reading this right?
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computerex ◴[17 Nov 25 19:57 UTC] No.45957551[source]▶
Uhhhh, not sure about you, but I wouldn't want anything Israeli within 10m of my phone.
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1. thenaturalist ◴[17 Nov 25 20:08 UTC] No.45957675[source]▶
ROFL.

Best step up to your words and throw away your phone then.

All major tech companies and chip manufacturers have R&D and design centers in Israel.

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2. DANmode ◴[17 Nov 25 23:43 UTC] No.45959768[source]▶
Is it easy to bake vulns into chips during the design stage only?

Genuine question.

3. computerex ◴[18 Nov 25 02:06 UTC] No.45960601[source]▶
What an insane argument. iPhones are assembled in China, does that mean the iPhone belongs to China? Some companies are bound to have offices in Isn'treal, do pray tell their contributions that are publicly verifiable.