Posted on 09/18/2023 5:16:13 AM PDT by FarCenter
Israeli software maker Insanet has reportedly developed a commercial product called Sherlock that can infect devices via online adverts to snoop on targets and collect data about them for the biz's clients.
This is according to an investigation by Haaretz, which this week claimed the spyware system had been sold to a country that is not a democracy.
The newspaper's report, we're told, marks the first time details of Insanet and its surveillanceware have been made public. Furthermore, Sherlock is capable of drilling its way into Microsoft Windows, Google Android, and Apple iOS devices, according to cited marketing bumf.
"According to the findings of the investigation, this is the first case in the world where a system of this sort is being sold as technology, as opposed to a service," journo Omer Benjakob wrote, adding Insanet received approval from Israel's Defense Ministry to sell Sherlock globally as a military product albeit under various tight restrictions, such as only selling to Western nations.
"Even to present it to a potential client in the West, a specific permit must be obtained from the Defense Ministry, and it’s not always given," Benjakob noted.
The company, founded in 2019, is owned by ex-military and national defense types. Its founders include the former chief of Israel's National Security Council Dani Arditi and cyber entrepreneurs Ariel Eisen and Roy Lemkin.
Arditi, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, is the chief executive at an Israeli tech company called IFG Security, did not respond to The Register's inquiries. Neither did Lemkin, CEO of Exceed Ventures, a cyber intelligence fund. Eisen could not be reached for comment.
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Shylock would be a funnier name 😁
Ah, well… so it’s not JUST “Siri” or “Alexa” or your “smart TV” (hence, FBI, DHS, CIA, Interpol, et. al) listening in on you 24/7.
It’s the curse of modern technology.
That’s one of the things I LOVE about this board… LITERATE contributors.
“All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.”
The term shylock is an extremely antisemitic term.
Tell that to Shakespeare
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Shylock is a name, not a term. A fictitious character from Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice.
Just like the lefts overused 'racist' claims, when everything is racist...nothing is racist. Is that really the corner you want to back Jews into? Frankly, I'm sick to death watching all of these groups of people proclaiming to be the victim of the day. Are you a victim...of words?
Yes, lots of reflexive virtue signaling. These are humorless people who search for ways to be offended. I’m sure some routines by the great Catskills comedians would send them to the ER.
Many can't even handle mean tweets.
It is offensive.
When everything is, nothing is.
“shylock is an extremely antisemitic term”
Shhhh....or they may ban Shakespeare.
The left has burned out my “offended” battery—nothing offends me anymore.
Nothing.
Don Rickles was wonderful—intentionally and viciously offended anyone and everyone in the first few rows of the audience.
We need an army of Don Rickles today.
Im laughing just remembering him
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