No wonder they got banned

from here and here

I don't think NSO could reasonably claim to not know their products got misused, but I guess they should have been more proactive about dealing with it.

They are NSO much trouble

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In general it's hard to take down state-backed malware providers, but in this case I think Apple may dominate. And I, for one, will cheer them on if they actually manage to sue these spyware makers out of existence.

Do it again!

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They may not have been the biggest name in government spyware, but it's still good that they're gone.

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

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I really hope NSO group does not get any contracts to do contact tracing. I don't want to see their human-rights-abuse-facilitating tools get broader adoption than they already have. I realize contact tracing can help, but there's got to be a better way than using those particular tools. Maybe something like what's described in this comic.

On an unrelated note, today I learned that that saying in the title about hammer is actually know as Maslow's Hammer or the Law of the Instrument. Yes, the same Maslow that gave us the hierarchy of needs.

Someone didn't learn the rules

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If you're going to invest in a company like NSO Group, you've got to expect some backlash - especially when your supposed values are in conflict with those of NSO and their customers.

You'd think public awareness would be bad for business

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If you're helping authoritarian governments spy on dissidents for later assassination, you'd think remaining unknown to the public at large would be better than going on 60 Minutes. Apparently not everyone agrees.

Hoist by his own petard

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It appears a malware writer working for a nation state made a bit of an OpSec faux pas.

Just another reason why you should maybe leave spying to the actual spies. I mean, testing software is good, but testing it on yourself?