An Israeli firm is sending zero-click spyware through online ads(www.theverge.com)
227 pointsby drewfax6 hours ago1 comment
  • ChrisArchitect6 hours ago
    [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50103000
    • dang2 hours ago
      Comments moved thither. Thanks!

      Edit: er, moved again to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101813.

    • bilalq5 hours ago
      Buried to the fifth page. Ridiculous suppression.
      • dang3 hours ago
        Suppression implies intent, no? There was/is no such intent. The submission got penalized by software for various reasons (mostly unrelated to the topic), as well as flagged by users. We've turned that off now.

        If, instead of assuming sinister deeds, you (or anyone) would simply give us a heads-up at hn@ycombinator.com, we could fix it sooner. This is what eventually happened.

        Edit: it turns out a submission of the original report has been on the frontpage for the last 9 hours, so I've merged the other threads into that one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101813.

        • 2 hours ago
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      • appreciatorBus4 hours ago
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        • RIMR4 hours ago
          This isn't a good answer for why a major cybersecurity story that largely throws the idea of doing business with any Israeli company ever into jeopardy (any company could be a state malware operation in disguise) to the 5th page when it was upvoted as much as it was.

          I know HN's algorithm is weird, but this story deserves to stick to the front page for more than the couple of hours the last thread lasted. I don't agree with the algorithm automatically deplatforming controversial topics.

          • Chance-Device4 hours ago
            The story probably is being curated off the front page, but to be fair I understand the motivation. There aren’t many subjects that inspire as many high emotions as Israel. Everyone has strong options. The mods probably think it’s not worth the trouble to police the threads and they’re probably right. Nobody is going to change any minds in any of those threads anyway.
          • vladgur4 hours ago
            P.S. Most stories on HN that mention Israel in anything remotely related to tech end up with hundreds of comments

            On other hand a story Saudi national spying on OpenAI this week got 6 comments

            https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50078176

          • vladgur4 hours ago
            A company from countryX does something unkosher -- this means all companies from country X do everything unkosher :)

            Good luck operating under these assumptions -- Show me a company that is a leader in tech or business that is not from a country where some companies did unkosher things