NSO Group: Sued by an Outfit with Deep Pockets
March 9, 2022
Now NSO Groups has an opportunity to see how legal eagles flock when Tim Apple says, “Let’s take NSO Group to court.” Tim Apple seems like such a nice person, but appearances can be deceiving.
A short news item from the Thomson Reuters outfit which wants me to trust them published “Apple Files Lawsuit against NSO Group, Saying US Citizens Were Targets.” Is this true? Tim Apple appears to believe that NSO Group took this action, but did NSO Group? NSO Group, like Time Apple’s outfit, makes software. NSO Group then licenses its system and platform to government entities. Following this logic, Tim Apple has to prove that NSO Group did the spying. But I am no lawyer, so maybe Apple’s actual approach is different from what appeared in the news story from the news organization that wants my trust.
I don’t trust too many people, and I certainly don’t trust those in the “real” news game. My point about the Tim Apple story is that once again the NSO Group is in the public eye. More specifically an outfit called OSY Technologies is named and sharing the NSO Spotlight.
I have been clear and consistent that the marketing infused MBA thought processes of some specialized software companies was off base. I long for the good old days when vendors of technology purpose built to meet the needs of intelligence and law enforcement agencies was essentially secret. I remember the good old days of specialist conferences when people from Trovicor would stop talking when an unfamiliar face walked by the booth. No more. If I walk by a booth I could score a baseball cap with a logo or get a T shirt with a cute message and the vendor’s logo.
How about a week without the NSO Group? Unfortunately the knock on effects of hyper active people trying to make big money from a finite customer base has put intelware on the equivalent of a 24 hour Twitter stream, a Telegram public group message, and the billboard in Times Square.
The publicity is bad. The litigation, if it takes place, ensures that intelware will become more well known. I can hardly wait for diagrams showing how the NSO Group platform interacts with its software on a target’s mobile device.
Will bad actors pay attention? Oh, boy, will they. I don’t need synthetic data, a Bayesian engine, and some smart software to understand that more downside exists now than before I read the real news about Tim Apple’s flock of lawyers preparing to circle what might be a possible meal.
Stephen E Arnold, March 9, 2022
Stephen E Arnold
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