Israel is said to have hacked into Iran’s traffic camera networks to spy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian officials for years before his assassination on Saturday and the US-Israel air strikes, as part of an operation that involved cyber intrusion, human intelligence, and data analytics.
  • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    And just think, with Flock we’re willingly giving data to the government. Can you imagine if they redid Enemy of the State with Will Smith? Hell, it can be released as is and not be hypothetical.

      • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        It’s not always willingly. I can’t give consent to ring to use my data when I walk my dog. I can’t give my consent to flock when I drive around. We judge China for their surveillance state and yet we have far more data centers in America fueling surveillance.

    • Jimbel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      And in addition everyone has a smartphone with always on microphone, camera, WiFi and what not.

  • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    I feel like this is just propaganda to make Israel seem all powerful when they probably just had someone on the inside.