ISRAELI's TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ROLE IN THE SUPPRESSION OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN SAUDI ARABIA AND MEXICO
IT HAS NOW TRANSPIRED -AGAIN- THAT KHASHOGGI's ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS WERE INTERCEPTED BY SAUDI ARABIA USING ISRAELI's TECHNOLOGY
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/khashoggi-friend-sues-israeli-firm-over-hacking-he-says-contributed-to-the-journalists-murder/2018/12/03/ddcb28ee-f708-11e8-8642-c9718a256cbd_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7eb112815ff1
>Khashoggi's Whatsapp messages with other Saudi Arabian dissidents were being monitored by Saudi Arabia using (((PEGASUS))) a surveillance system supplied by Israel's NSO GROUP.
THIS HAD BEEN DENOUNCED BY EDWARD SNOWDEN AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER 2018
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181107-edward-snowden-saudi-used-israel-spyware-to-target-khashoggi/
The position of NSO Group is that they supply states with the technology without monitoring its use afterwards.
I call bullshit, I am sure ISRAEL is gathering a trove of state secrets from every client they serve.
Now, the supposed rationale behind these technologies, violating of Universal Human Rights and International Law, is that it serves to deter terrorism or drug trafficking.
Do you see the fucking irony, or rather sheer cynicism, in supplying these "terrorism deterring technologies" to one of the most notorious funders of terrorism in the world?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism#Saudi_Arabia
MEXICO
Mexico is the most dangerous country to exercise journalism, we study Communication to be Journalists, not martyrs!!
SOS
(((PEGASUS))) is the same technology abused in Mexico during the notorious scandal of 2017 in which many prominent politicians, Human Rights activists, and journalists such as Carmen Aristegui -and even her minor son- were the object of infections and surveillance by the government of Enrique Peña Nieto, which was extensively covered by research by Citizen Lab. The technology is still used to this day in Mexico, regardless of the "measures" the government took in 2017 after the first reports by Citizen Lab and persistent public and journalistic outcry demanding answers.
https://citizenlab.ca/2018/11/mexican-journalists-investigating-cartels-targeted-nso-spyware-following-assassination-colleague/
Do you see the bloody irony, or rather sheer cynicism, in supplying these "drug trafficking deterring technologies" to one of the most notorious narco-states of the world? Not to leave "narco-terrorism" out of the Mexican picture.
What do you expect for these countries to do with the technology? Well of course, to find, track, and blackmail/neutralize journalists, dissidents, and Human Rights activists. They are such a pain in the ass when you are a corrupt criminal government.
<But seriously, what did the Mexican government need naked pictures of Aristegui's son and his girlfriend for? They are using this technology even on minors, to get what beyond sexting materials? keep in mind infections are limited per contract.
THIS IS A HUGE THREAT TO ACTIVISM, DISSIDENCE, AND JOURNALISM WORLDWIDE. THIS IS AN ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
By the way, at least in Mexico, the cost per infection of targeted individuals was 77,000 dollars.
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/spanish/2017/06/20/cnnee-pkg-alis-espionaje-gobierno-mexico-activistas-periodistas-spyware-pegasus-nyt-pena-nieto.cnn
Now…
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