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1. gnfarg+bf[view] [source] 2021-07-20 20:32:51
>>feross+(OP)
"What can we do to make NSO’s life harder?" That seems pretty simple to me: We ask Western democratic governments (which include Israel) to properly regulate the cybersecurity industry.

This is the purpose of governments; it is why we keep them around. There is no really defensible reason why the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear industries are heavily regulated, but "cyber" isn't.

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2. crater+ht[view] [source] 2021-07-20 21:45:19
>>gnfarg+bf
> We ask Western democratic governments (which include Israel) to properly regulate the cybersecurity industry.

That's a bit naive. Governments want surveillance technology, and will pay for it. The tools will exist, and like backdoors and keys in escrow, they will leak, or be leaked.

The reason why all those other industries are regulated as much as they are is because governments don't need those types weapons they way they need information. It's messy and somewhat distasteful to overthrow an enemy in war, but undermining a government, through surveillance, disinformation, propaganda, until it collapses and is replaced by a more compliant government is the bread-and-butter of world affairs.

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