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AppleInsider said:

The hacks, which took place recently, targeted U.S. government officials based in Uganda or whose responsibility concerned the country, Reuters has reported.
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In July, NSO CEO Shalev Hulio shot down concerns that his company's software could be used maliciously, stating that law-abiding citizens have "nothing to be afraid of." 

Read on AppleInsider

Well, that's in then.  These US officials must be engaged in some criminal or suspicious activity, since the NSO CEO assures us that if they were actual law abiding citizens, they would be safe.

Nothing to see here, move along...

/s

mac_dog said:

crowley said:

I'm not decided either way on the issue, I think Apple play a pretty mean hand and could do with a bit of a slap on the wrist…

Talk about fan fiction. In what sector of Global corporate business is it illegal (requiring ANY form of correction or discipline) to be “mean.” The logic is astounding. 

There's a rather significant semantic difference between being "mean" and "playing a mean hand".

Troll level: Expert.

Of course he feels good about it.  Either people will use the service, and Apple will make money, or they won't, and Apple will make money.  All that in addition to the PR bump.

Win/win/win.

If her allegations are true, then they're true.  If they're false, then they're false.  If she has evidence of Apple doing precisely what they say they do not do, then she has evidence.  If she doesn't have evidence, then she doesn't have evidence.

What she did or didn't do at other companies is irrelevant to the veracity of those facts.