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And? It's somehow less relevant now?
It's not that it's less relevant, only that it's not generally considered good form in terms of web etiquette.
You can disagree if you wish (you are entitled to that right), but that is how it currently is usually.
I think that's the point..
All smartphones can be infected, and surveilled/controlled without pressing/downloading anything malicious. Israeli "security" companies (NSO among others) have been selling this malware for many years, to intelligence depts. Around the globe. Probably what got Khashoggi back when.
https://bdsmovement.net/Global-Day-Action-Against-Spyware (I don't have any dog in the Palestine/Israel conflict, and am very poorly informed on the matter).
no dog in the "conflict"
very poorly informed on the matter
I somehow struggle to believe that you can possibly be poorly informed on the most livestreamed genocide in the history of humanity
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I'm conflicted whether I should up vote or down vote your comment
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Dude is oblivious to a genocide and has no sides on the matter
This is as evil as one can be
Yeah, not being against genocide is pretty damn evil.
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October 2015 article. I guess he was still leaking knowledge at that point. A different time in some ways, but theres been little progress in others.
Posting old-ass articles like this without a disclaimer should be against the rules.
BREAKING! SECOND PLANE JUST HIT THE TOWERS!
On these communities and the source articles themselves. I bloody hate when the only way to find a date for reference is to find another article (or maybe dig through the site's code).
Hell yeah
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