Spyware Maker NSO Group Promises Reform but Keeps Snooping

by haasted on 11/9/2019, 6:11 PM with 29 comments
  • by catalogia on 11/9/2019, 8:48 PM

    Members of this organization need to be pursued as criminals. Internal reform of a criminal organization is a sick joke. They're all accessories to murder; changes to company policy don't change that.

    If their government is intent on protecting them from prosecution, then extralegal retributive action taken by an competing spy agency could be suitable payback. Unfortunately that assumes the existence of a competing spy agency that isn't equally morally bankrupt.

  • by badrabbit on 11/10/2019, 2:34 AM

    Yes yes, but the supply/demand economics remains so even if you get rid of them they'll be replaced. Governments and laws not catching up with tech and being hostile to their own people is creating the demand.

    Are exploit brokers like Zerodium exempt from this criticism because they off load the targeting and execution part to third parties and governments?

  • by neonate on 11/9/2019, 8:33 PM
  • by godelmachine on 11/10/2019, 3:44 AM

    I never knew the Bhima Koregaon would be such a politically contentious issue that would compel the government to spy onto citizen’s cellphones.

    What further surprises me is that this article speaks only about India. Hasn’t Pegasus been used by other governments too?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)

  • by bronzeage on 11/10/2019, 10:00 AM

    the funny part is all this publicity and media outrage actually helps NSO. their customers and potential customers don't give a damn about human rights, and being in the spot light more than competing firms only helps them.

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  • by ars on 11/10/2019, 7:12 AM

    Shouldn't we be holding the government of India to account instead of the toolmaker?

    Or is the toolmaker a much easier target? This criticism really seems misplaced to me.

  • by Chris_Chambers on 11/9/2019, 9:08 PM

    I’m sure this is just an honest mistake. Surely we can trust these respectable Jews to tell the truth and not play any sort of dirty tricks.

  • by sol_remmy2 on 11/10/2019, 4:13 AM

    What country is NSO group based in?

  • by fortran77 on 11/10/2019, 1:04 AM

    Is it really fair to put all the blame on the toolmaker for finding flaws in devices that were sold as "secure"?

  • by eternalban on 11/9/2019, 10:14 PM

    This is a very interesting trend. The name of the company is "NSO Group" but there is this peculiar insistence on calling it "NSO" in titles.

    Let's try this NYTimes: "Israeli company NSO Group Promises Reform but Keeps Snooping". That conveys the essential facts at a glance.