Hacker News: kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kota2Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:35:06 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by kota2 in "Pegasus spyware found on journalists’ phones, French intelligence confirms"]]>Is there a way to check Android devices for infections yet?

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:21:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043955kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043955https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043955<![CDATA[New comment by kota2 in "Pegasus spyware found on journalists’ phones, French intelligence confirms"]]>Exactly. 'Bad' and 'terrorist' is just the word play decision of some politician who surely does not have your best interest at heart.

People are really getting fed up with being lied to on a constant, grand scale.

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:11:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043863kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043863https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043863<![CDATA[New comment by kota2 in "Pegasus spyware found on journalists’ phones, French intelligence confirms"]]>There are programmes doing this in the West as well.

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 22:23:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043442kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043442https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043442<![CDATA[New comment by kota2 in "Life before smartphones (2020)"]]>Was a time I long to go back to. I would certainly only own a landline if other factors didn't require me maintaining a mobile phone.

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 22:19:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043417kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043417https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043417<![CDATA[New comment by kota2 in "Pegasus spyware found on journalists’ phones, French intelligence confirms"]]>RFI and France24 did some reporting a few days ago how everyone from activists to journalists were targeted, see: https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20210718-private-isra...

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 22:14:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043377kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043377https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28043377<![CDATA[New comment by kota2 in "Israel tries to limit fallout from the Pegasus spyware scandal"]]>Sure, there is many: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/20...

"The Israeli Defense Ministry must approve any license to a government that wants to buy it, according to previous NSO statements."

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:24:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28037805kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28037805https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28037805<![CDATA[New comment by kota2 in "Israel tries to limit fallout from the Pegasus spyware scandal"]]>I didn't realize it was even that bad. Wow.

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:16:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28037667kota2https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28037667https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28037667