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Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy

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391 points croes | 2 comments | 17 Nov 25 16:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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Centigonal ◴[17 Nov 25 19:51 UTC] No.45957489[source]▶
From Stuxnet to Pegasus to the 2024 pager attack, Israel has a history of leveraging its tech sector to advance its national security aims through clandestine means (this is not unusual: so does the US, and so does China). If you're a country with not-so-friendly relations with Israel, the company being founded in Israel is absolutely pertinent.
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Un1corn ◴[17 Nov 25 20:44 UTC] No.45958060[source]▶
Which _Israeli_ companies were used for Stuxnet or the 2024 pager attack? NSO is not the same as the company from the article since it's explicitly a cyber company.
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1. MomsAVoxell ◴[17 Nov 25 21:04 UTC] No.45958270{3}[source]▶
The more relevant question is, which Israeli companies are currently not involved in covert military operations?

The difficulty in comprehending an answer to this question is precisely why allowing ones military to perform such actions using covert means is so dangerous for a civilian population to support.

War is supposed to be fought in the open in order to protect the civilians.

I suppose when the distinction between soldier and civilian is not so easy to make, the profligate mindset which allows covert, indiscriminate mass murder at scale becomes a norm.

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2. MomsAVoxell ◴[17 Nov 25 21:56 UTC] No.45958813[source]▶
The question is a straw man fallacy in an attempt to distract from the fact that Shin Bet/Mossad, both Israeli organizations, used multiple company cutouts to weaponize the supply chain of civilian infrastructure in order to commit acts of perfidy in violation of the Geneva Convention.. of course they’re not going to set up “SababaTech”, headquartered in Tel Aviv, to do this dirty work. The perfidious nature of this act required them to involve Hungary, among other nations.

Where the question “which Israeli companies are involved in committing Israels war crimes?” needs to be answered, is at the ICC - not here on HN.

(Unless the question is being answered by a whistleblower, of course..)