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Why We're Suing NSO Group (knightcolumbia.org)
45 points by linksbro 1293 days ago
5 comments
COGlory 1293 days ago
For several seconds, I believed that the Knights of Columbus were suing NSO group. I had no idea that "Knight Columbia" was a thing.
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Schroedingersat 1293 days ago
Suing NSO group sounds like a great way to have a death threat mysteriously sent from your phone to an MP.
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AtlasBarfed 1292 days ago
NSO sold their software to central american cartels? I mean, that's the implication?
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alvarezbjm-hn 1293 days ago
Journalists trusted iphones too much.

They should have a public first contact and then use an exclusive and private contact for each source. A cheap samsung or huawei. iphones can't be inexpensive.

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thakoppno 1293 days ago
The surveillance net is really tight at this point.

One time pads over hf seems like a decent avenue but practically eliminates all sources except for trained intelligence operatives.

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CaptainZapp 1293 days ago
Your argument is essentially blaming the victims.
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throwaway349902 1293 days ago
It sounds like suing a gun manufacturer after a shooting. NSO software might not be used ethically but it certainly can be used legally. They have no responsibility to disclose anything.
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doomrobo 1293 days ago
What? NSO dealt arms to the Saudi government and similarly authoritarian regimes.
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ldh0011 1292 days ago
Tfw the US government also does this :(
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lesuorac 1292 days ago
USG has sovereign immunity (as does Saudi government and etc).

A private company does not.

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topkai22 1293 days ago
Which largely doesn’t happen only because the US congress passed at an early explicit liability shield for gun manufacturers.

It seems reasonable that this might prevail in court given the arguments in the post. No guarantee, but as they say, that’s why we have the trial.

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lesuorac 1293 days ago
> It sounds like suing a gun manufacturer after a shooting.

Uh maybe, but you make it sound like the sue-er will lose. I would count a settlement as a win in this instance [1].

> They have no responsibility to disclose anything.

[Citation Needed]

Refusal to disclose information is why Alex Jones lost his lawsuit.

[1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/remington-agrees-to-settle-w...

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JohnFen 1293 days ago
Selling and/or using NSO and similar software in the US, with certain exceptions about use by the government, is very arguably a violation of a couple of different US laws, including the CFAA.
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