Inside Israel’s lucrative — and secretive — cybersurveillance industry
▻https://restofworld.org/2021/inside-israels-lucrative-and-secretive-cybersurveillance-talent-pipelin
The country’s hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it’s a good thing. At age 18, K., like almost all Israelis, began his mandatory army service. “This was my way to give back to society and defend my country,” he says. “I was one of them. I was one of the radical ones.” From violent policing in the occupied West Bank to obscure, mundane office work, assignments in the Israeli Defense Forces vary wildly. K. remembers thinking, “Whatever job I’m given, I’ll do it.” (...)
