Israel’s zero-click spyware is profoundly unconstitutional as it is an AI version of computer hacking, which is a felony, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. But don’t expect the feds to prosecute their own.
Silent Attacks
Tag: Pegasus spyware
Israel Googling Real Names of Anonymous X Users
Across the world, anonymous users on the social-media platform X are reporting that data from Google Trends shows their real names are being mass searched in Israel, Alan MacLeod reports.
Hedges Report: On Israel Exporting Occupation Technology
Antony Loewenstein discusses the ease with which Israel has used Gaza to experiment with tools of war and surveillance as a means of control as well as profit thanks to their grave human rights abuses.
El Salvador’s Dictatorship: Made in Israel
Alan MacLeod on Israel’s influence on the man who opened a prison to Trump’s deportees and calls himself “the world’s coolest dictator.”
The Global Spread of Palestine’s Agony
Antony Loewenstein on Israel’s role in developing the military tools of imperial control around the world.
The Ceasefire So Far
Nothing we’ve heard so far from the Israeli state gives confidence that the Gaza ceasefire agreement will last past the first phase, writes Michel Moushabeck.
Chris Hedges Report: Surveillance Education
Allison Butler and Nolan Higdon discuss the “ed-tech” systems eroding minors’ privacy rights and discriminating against students of color.
Boris Johnson’s Saudi WhatsApps Stay Secret
The government has rejected an FOI request for messages that may have passed between the prime minister and MbS in January, a month with some of the worst air strikes on civilians in Yemen, Phil Miller reports.