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Ganacsi t1_j343lfj wrote

I would be worried using any public forums when living in those countries, they are heavily invested in most social media platforms and I am certain they can get data on any users when they request it, it’s regulatory requirement in most countries to comply, just make up some reason and you get your data, I am sure Elon doesn’t want to upset his Saudi backers

The spyware tools available to these despots from immoral companies are plenty, it’s a lucrative industry that’s growing, here are some that got exposed but I suspect many more are incognito.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Team

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(spyware_company)

That is all before you get into the investment they’ve made into developing local industries to do this, M-B-S is certainly tech savvy and uses it to maintain his grip on power, it was said that Jamal was meticulously tracked by Pegasus, along with other activists, too many people don’t understand the dangers of the tech they willingly carry in their pockets.

Cyber is the new battleground and it’s too easy to fall victim.

Saddened that the biggest players lock down access for users to even check if they have been compromised in the name of money, at least on PCs you could take some precautions, how do trust your iPhone or Android when the actual criminals have a marketplace to bypass all that “security” when they want.

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d-cent t1_j34fo3u wrote

Which country was it that basically hired NSA contractors to set up their hacking network? It was one of those countries

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Ganacsi t1_j34g6bk wrote

I believe it was U-A-E, dubs is the capital of this kinda of thing in that region.

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d-cent t1_j34isnu wrote

Yup that's the one I was thinking of. There was a great podcast where they interviewed one of the contractors.

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USS_Hornet t1_j35rrbz wrote

The beginning of the end for BlackBerry was after they gave into Saudi demands for a back door into their mail server. It was clear then how much RIM valued its users.

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