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Depositions: NSO Group, Not Government Clients, Operates NSO Spyware

  • #Computers & internet
  • #Lawsuits
  • #Israel
Depositions: NSO Group, Not Government Clients, Operates NSO Spyware
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NOV 2024
Image copyright: Omar Marques/Contributor/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
story last updated NOV 2024

The Spin

Narrative A

The US government has been on the right track over the last four years — from Pres. Biden's blacklisting of NSO Group to Congress requiring incident reporting regulations. However, the incoming Trump administration appears to be extremely friendly with Israel, which means these bans and regulations could go out the window come January. Protecting sovereign citizens from the prying eyes of intel agencies and private firms should be a bipartisan effort.

Wired

Narrative B

Spyware companies like NSO have led to justified public backlash, but that shouldn't result in an outright ban on these technologies. While Western governments are at the forefront of the fight to restrain malicious spyware schemes, they also need access to these tools to combat adversarial regimes and nonstate actors, especially terrorists. International treaties are already being built to ensure a happy medium, which is the path the world should stick to.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Metaculus Prediction


Public Figures

Benjamin Netanyahu

Joe Biden

Donald Trump


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