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EXPOSED: Samsung phones in West Asia/North Africa (WANA) region embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware (www.thecanary.co)
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An Israeli tech firm has quietly embedded spyware into Samsung smartphones - and it poses a serious surveillance threat

Original article from May: https://smex.org/open-letter-to-samsung-end-forced-israeli-app-installations-in-the-wana-region/

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[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

I remember some time ago this topic was discussed in a Telegram group about privacy. Some users began accusing OP of being anti-Semitic.