Posts by Furious Reg reader John 161 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Nov 2021
Take a deep breath and process the information. There are two possible reasons that Pegasus exists that are being discussed here - the first is that it is created to be used as a law enforcement tool. The second is that NSO decided to create a tool, Pegasus, that was specifically designed to enable "countries using it for illicit goals like spying on political opponents, dissidents and free press", but somehow NSO got a bit chicken with doing that, so had to come up with the cover story of it being a law enforcement tool as some sort of cover, but they absolutely still want Pegasus to be only used on political opponents, dissidents and free press. Now, which one do you really think is the reason?
"the reason NSO exists is because of countries using it for illicit goals like spying on political opponents, dissidents and free press." - er, no. Pegasus exists as a law enforcement tool. The fact that it is sometimes abused by the users of the product doesn't alter what the tool was created for.
It is now Thursday afternoon, a full 24 hours after publication of this article, and this is the first comment on this story.
What makes certain apps be called creepy "stalkerware", other apps with the same capabilities branded as scary "spyware", and some have the even scarier moniker of "super-spyware"? What happened to the more accurate "commercial surveillance technology" or more generic "snoopware" descriptions?
Perhaps Jessica and the Register mods might want to compare the response this article has generated against the responses to stories about the "stalkerware" app called Pegasus, and consider what triggers the large number of Pegasus comments.
The ruling doesn't say they must stop, because you can't stop doing something you are not already doing. The instruction is to continue to observe its obligations, with specific obligations highlighted, presumably because these are the ones the court feels would be the areas that would be targetted in the unlikely situation that Israel decided to become like most other middle eastern states and start to engage in genocide.
Israeli Law Professors’ Forum is a political entity, and your quoted opinion does not make it a fact.
You've completely made up that I "equated criticism of actions of the government of the state of Israel with being antisemitic", but as you've raised this, let's be clear, if the criticisms are based on antisemitic sentiment, then those criticisms are antisemitic. It would be Islamophobic to criticise Hamas for being Muslim, but it is not Islamophobic, for example, to criticise them for being a genocidal set of thugs driven by Jew hatred, or to criticise them for deliberately putting non-combatants in harms way, maximising their fatalities and casualties as a tactic in the fight against Israel.
Are you sure about that? There has been no such ruling. The court recently requested they continue to not commit genocide.
And then you roll out the broken apartheid accusation, just to unfurl your true colours.
And who claimed the government of Israel speaks for all jews? Where has that come from?
What the F, dude? Indeed, What the F. Israel is NOT committing crimes against humanity. It's fighting an ideology driven bunch of thugs that wants to wipe Jews off the face of the earth and is happy to sacrifice as many of its own women and children as possible in order to further that aim. Why are you carrying water for the genocidal ideology of Hamas? What the F, dude....
Depending on the circumstances, opposing Israel may not be antisemitism, however, suggesting that Israel controls the USA is antisemitic.
Stating that Israel is perpetrating a genocide is also a grossly antisemitic distortion of the facts. It is Hamas who wants to commit genocide. While Hamas still exists and uses the civilian population of Gaza as human shields, it is also committing crimes against humanity on the Gazans.
Portal log in problems all day.
They deleted the original workaround files but haven't published the new ones. Update - they have just fixed this - https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Download-Links-Related-to-CVE-2023-46805-and-CVE-2024-21887
Haven't released a patched version of the latest train of the OS for the latest product line, so those people on older trains can't upgrade to the latest train now while they are doing the patching.
Documentation being updated without clear revision histories.
All very amateurish.
Ah, I think I've got you. Are you going with the CCP view that these aren't flaws and Apple deliberately instals "features" for western spy agencies to use? The loss Apple has suffered by NSO's sloppy use of the feature means the feature is no longer a feature, and a new feature has to be developed to replace it?
You were the one suggesting that the availability of the NSO tool makes governments abuse the tool - I'm asking questions to try to understand why you think that. Personally, I think you are putting the cart before the horse. A government who abuses the NSO tools is going to abuse whatever tools are available to them, even the manufactures of something as simple as a saw, for example. The story is about governmental abuse. Anybody who wants to make NSO the centre of the story is deflecting the focus away from the actual problem. What is the motivation for that deflection?
Can you explain to me how NSO forces its clients to abuse the tools? Do you think that NSO forces all its clients to abuse the tools, or do they only force some of their clients to abuse the tools? Can you also explain how the manufacture of the saw used to cut up Jamal Khashoggi after he was murdered forced KSA to abuse him?
I don't hate Palestinians. I do hate the rampant antisemitism in Palestinian society that fosters intergenerational hate, with the only solution the Palestinian side considers acceptable is the river to the sea being Jew free. The Jews aren't going to willingly let themselves be exterminated in order to implement the Palestinian solution, so until the Palestinians come up with an alternative approach, conflict will be the status quo. Until the Jew hate stops, there won't be a chance for peace. Which takes us back to the original story these comments are about - why wouldn't an AI show AK47s in the hands of Palestinians when Palestinian culture is so focused on armed conflict against the Jews.
You do realise that the definition of genocide given, when quoted out of context, covers any and every armed conflict that has ever taken place, so when you quote it out of context, it isn't a valid definition of genocide?
It's a shame the "help" given to the Jews stopped 700 years ago. I'm really not sure why you think this is in any way relevant to disproving violence against Jews since then.
The Palestinian people have grown in number from under a million to over five million during the life of the State of Israel, yet you observe that Israel is responsible for a genocide. Don't let facts get in the way of your hate.
Is the single nation in the middle east where all its citizens have equal rights really engaged in "racist, apartheid and genocidal actions", or do you just hate the idea of Jews, and other non-Muslims having equal rights to Muslims?
The Muslim population has been "snapped" in to murderous action against Jews for centuries, not by any alleged oppression by Israel over the last 75 years.
And here we have GNU Sedgawk and Hamas in perfect alignment, with GNU Sedgawk echoing the Hamas mantra of genocide against Israel and it's non-Muslim population.
Despite repeated quotes and accusations based on antisemitic themed tropes, El Reg won't ban the account and the minor action they do take, which makes them "uncomfortable", is only done begrudgingly due to the UK "regime". I just can not believe you would allow similar levels of abuse to be published if it was homophobic, transphobic, or misogynistic, and I'm staggered that you condone antisemitism.
The Register certainly has fallen a long way over the last decade. How are you finding life in the gutter?
What you claim to want is what Israel is.
It's just a shame that the Jew hate you share with the Palestinians and other Arabs scrambles your senses and falsely projects on to Israel all the hateful actions and desires that the Arab world wants to inflict on the Jews. If you were able to see through your hate of the concept of Jews having equal rights, and that they should not have to live as less than humans, not have to pay special taxes to be granted the right not to be instantly killed, but even having paid those taxes, that they can still be lawfully murdered because they are non-Muslim, you might start to see that in the mass of intolerance and hate in the region, it is only in Israel where all citizens have equal rights. The Jewish citizens of Israel have no greater rights than non-Jewish citizens, and the Jewish citizens actually have greater restrictions put on them (for example, it is only Jews who can't pray everywhere or anywhere in Israel - but this example only really affects the religious nutters and not the majority) and generally have higher obligations to the state than their non-Jewish brethren.
Being Pro-Palestinian isn't about destroying Israel.
Being Pro-Palestinian is protesting at the disgraceful conditions most Palestinians in Gaza, Judea and Samaria are kept in by their leaders. Being Pro-Palestinian is protesting against those Palestinian leaders for using the Palestinians as exploitable slaves and cannon fodder. Being Pro-Palestinian is protesting against those Palestinian leaders for failing to make any attempts at peace with Israel. Being Pro-Palestinian is changing Palestinian culture away from hate and intolerance and acceptance of human rights for all. Being Pro-Palestinian is changing the Arab mind set that treats Palestinians as disposable assets in the war against the Jews. Being Pro-Palestinian is protesting against the apartheid type systems enforced in the Arab world that deny Palestinians citizenship, jobs and other basic rights, and is not falsely claiming Israel is an apartheid state. Being Pro-Palestinian is protesting when Arabs kill Palestinians, not just protesting when Israel is forced in to defensive actions. Being Pro-Palestinian isn't blaming Israel for the world's ills. Being Pro-Palestinian is protesting against the desire to commit genocide against the Jew, and is not claiming there is a genocide against the Palestinians.
If you are not doing these things, you don't really care about Palestinians at all, you are not Pro-Palestinian, and are just anti-Israel. If you are not doing these things, your hate of Jews tries to use being Pro-Palestinian as a cover for your antisemitism.
Only when these things change, and Israel doesn't respond appropriately, will there start to be justification for the labels currently incorrectly applied to Israel. Those changes are what Israel is waiting for so that Israel can live in peace with its neighbours.
Peace doesn't come from the mindset that says eliminating Israel is the answer.
"Zionism, which is a racist ideological" - there is nothing racist about giving Jews, and other non-Muslims, equal human rights to Muslims. If you are an anti-Zionist you don't support equal human rights for all people, and are actively advocating for Muslim supremacy and the Islamofascist ideology that denies non-Muslims any basic human rights at all.
"You're in the moderation queue because you appeared to encourage support for a proscribed terror organization, which makes our UK staff at least uneasy given the legal regime in that country.
Stay on the lawful side, and your comments will make it through. Like your Hamlet."
GNU SedGawk has regularly posted comments in support of Palestinian terror. It's a shame the Reg seems to be blaming the legal regime in the UK for not be being able to continue its condoning of GNU SedGawk's views. I wonder if the UK staff would be equally "uneasy" if someone were to post racist, homophobic or misogynistic comments? I would suggest they would instead just ban them and not feel uneasy at all.
And Hamlet - written by the same person who gave us Shylock. Whoo hooo, go El Reg with that damming condemnation.
There are lots of hints in the letter as to why Craig Mokhiber should never have been appointed in the first place, but having said that, those same hints show exactly why he was appointed. Clearly, he wants Israel destroyed and is more than happy to ignore facts and make up nonsense to justify his position. The population stats show that if Israel is trying to commit a genocide, it's the most unsuccessful attempt ever. People who accuse Israel of genocide just can't stop lying to justify their hatred of Jews having equal human rights to others.
"where all people have equal rights is the only answer" - as nice as that sounds, there is no nation on earth where all people have equal rights. There are a few, including Israel, where all citizens have equal rights, but many countries where only the "right type" of citizen have rights. Only when the Arab nations get to grips with the concept that Jews have the same human rights as Muslims will there be a prospect for peace.
"Equal rights means the perpetrators of crimes against humanity as well as the crimes against the person will need to be held accountable before the law." - I doubt we will ever see the whole of the Arab world being accountable for their mistreatment of the Palestinians, Jews, non-Muslims in general, or even the wrong type of Muslim, but you can live in hope that justice will one day prevail. It would be amazing to see the Palestinian leaders being held accountable for their own abuses against the Palestinians. Perhaps the Palestinians might even take matters into their own hands and replace them with people who actually want to create a peaceful existence with their neighbours, but I won't be holding my breath while I wait.
Why would AI systems think guns are an important part of the Palestinian identity?
Hamas's Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades logo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alqassam_logo.png
Islamic Jihad:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIJ_emblem.png
Surely the "moderate", "peaceful" Fatah, wouldn't use AK47 imagery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah#/media/File:Fatah_logo.png
Loads more images definitely not using any sort of gun imagery or a theme of violence if you care to google.
Nothing but white colonial bias at work making the poor Palestinians look like monsters.......
No, "any criticism of Israel or Zionism" isn't antisemitic, but criticism that is based on antisemitism is - it is very simple really.
And fundamentally, Zionism gives the same rights that Muslims have to Jews, other non-Muslims, or the wrong type of Muslims. If you are an anti-Zionist, you want to remove those equal rights and return to the discrimination that exists everywhere else in the Ummah. Being an anti-Zionism is the exact opposite of supporting human rights.
"Jews are mostly from white caucasian European origin" - you have no idea how wrong you are.
Antisemitism has been defined as Jew hate for a long, long time and trying to pretend that antisemitism has nothing to do with Jew hate is pretty stupid. But, if you are stupid enough to think Jews are only white Europeans, then I guess you wouldn't understand why Jew hate is called antisemitism.
Look up antisemitism in the dictionary - you'll find a clear definition, and maybe even a picture of yourself.
So you are saying it would be less corrupt if the law allowed small businesses to ignore it as well and screw over their customers willy-nilly, rather than just mega corps who have the legal wherewithal to take on nation state legislators?
Apologies, my calendar mistakenly says 2 November - I hadn't realised that it was 1 April.
Or maybe those small business would have thought that it wouldn't be worth the risk trying to screw over their customers, whereas the big firms know they have the legal resources to put these sorts of claims off for an eternity and then only face a relative pittance of a fine if it eventually gets that far.
Yet another IT failure by the civil service to add to the long list of very expensive failures.
A complete overhaul of the civil service is needed, starting at the very top. But, there will be no accountability for this, and there will be another series of mismanaged projects, all failing due to the same reasons as the ones that failed before.
"Read those comments,and yet again nothing anti semantic in them" - it is a shame that you are either wilfully misunderstanding, or possibly too stupid to understand that's the point - the other stories don't gather any comment that could be construed as antisemitic.
Yet the very first comment on this story, about an Israeli company, makes use of imagery that has been used to further antisemitic conspiracies.
It's the context that makes it antisemitic.
The use of potentially antisemitic comments obviously wouldn't be antisemitic if Israel wasn't involved, but no such comments appear when Israel isn't involved! What is it about a commentator that makes them use potentially antisemitic comments only in stories about Israel? Given the context, it probably isn't accidental and is due to antisemitic bias.
"as soon as someone criticizes the Israeli government or a Israeli company,scream " anti sematic"" - criticism of Israel/Israelis is not antisemitic. However, criticising Israel/Israelis differently than you do other countries or other people is antisemitic. The "low lives that have put journalists, political activists in serious risk of harm or detention" are not NSO, yet there is no criticism of the countries that are misusing the product - to you, it is the Israeli company that is "the real issue".
Neither challenging (what I'm doing), or ignoring/promoting (not totally sure which one of these two options you are doing) antisemitism leads to "mass child abuse in Bradford". By including this tangential comment in your latest ramble makes me think you are not just an antisemite, but are probably a racist in general.
Given the rampant antisemitism of the time, the Middle Ages is the last place Jews would want to be, especially not Israeli Jews working in a very 21st Century industry.
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