#Wiz acquisition puts #israeli intelligence in charge of your #Google data
https://www.mintpressnews.com/oogle-wiz-cybersecurity-data-deal/289413/
.. Yet it has also raised fears about the security of user data, particularly of those who oppose Israeli actions against its neighbors, given #Unit8200’s long history of using tech to spy on opponents, gather intelligence, and use that knowledge for extortion and blackmail.. .
Google’s purchase of Wiz deepens its already close ties to Unit 8200. In 2013, the tech giant acquired Waze, an online maps service founded by three Unit 8200 veterans, for $1.3 billion. It has also directly hired dozens of former spooks and spies to fill its ranks; a 2022 MintPress News investigation found at least 99 former Unit 8200 agents working at the Silicon Valley behemoth.
@MintPress
#why
https://www.mintpressnews.com/oogle-wiz-cybersecurity-data-deal/289413/
.. Yet it has also raised fears about the security of user data, particularly of those who oppose Israeli actions against its neighbors, given #Unit8200’s long history of using tech to spy on opponents, gather intelligence, and use that knowledge for extortion and blackmail.. .
Google’s purchase of Wiz deepens its already close ties to Unit 8200. In 2013, the tech giant acquired Waze, an online maps service founded by three Unit 8200 veterans, for $1.3 billion. It has also directly hired dozens of former spooks and spies to fill its ranks; a 2022 MintPress News investigation found at least 99 former Unit 8200 agents working at the Silicon Valley behemoth.
@MintPress
#why
MintPress News
Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data
Google’s $32B deal with Wiz hands user data to a team with deep military roots, prompting concerns over privacy, AI security, and foreign influence.
#Google Insider Breaks Silence on Tech Giant’s #Military Ties
“Two months ago, in order to take advantage of the federal contracts the corporation can gain under Trump, Google abandoned its pledge not to build #AI for #weapons or #surveillance. In rapid succession, Google then acquired #israeli cloud security start-up #Wiz, pursued partnerships with US Customs and #Border Patrol to update towers by Israeli #war contractor #Elbit Systems with AI at the US-Mexico border, and launched an AI partnership with the largest war profiteer in the world: #Lockheed Martin."
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/
#why
“Two months ago, in order to take advantage of the federal contracts the corporation can gain under Trump, Google abandoned its pledge not to build #AI for #weapons or #surveillance. In rapid succession, Google then acquired #israeli cloud security start-up #Wiz, pursued partnerships with US Customs and #Border Patrol to update towers by Israeli #war contractor #Elbit Systems with AI at the US-Mexico border, and launched an AI partnership with the largest war profiteer in the world: #Lockheed Martin."
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/
#why
The Nation
I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing.
For the first time, I feel driven to speak publicly, because our company is now powering state violence across the globe.