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Comment by coliveira | Hacker News Reader

Just a small part of the biggest spy network ever invented, which is woven into practically all software and tech infrastructure we use in the West and backed by large corporations with ties to that small country.

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So if a company in country A sells military arms to country B, country B is now part of country A's military network. Is that how this works now?

It certainly has some explanatory power so depending on what you're trying to understand about these hypothetical entities, yes.

Works now? Thats how a customer base works.

A customer base means you are part of their military network? Really?

I have no idea what you're trying to say. The network of vendors to the military is part of the military network.

Yes.

Surprised they allowed a zero click exploit to be exposed for what appears to be low value targets.

That means they have a big bin of zero click exploit ready for use. This one was probably getting old so someone finding it wouldn't mean much.

And even when said small country are gifted "defense" technology, they go and sell it to the gifter's (supposed) enemies.

Why do you need enemies with such "friends".

Western state agencies and mid-tier bootleg spyware vendors are neutral at best and antagonists overall. At best, bootleg spyware vendors drop exploits which agencies can reverse and use for their own purposes. But in general, these vendors bring unwanted attention and burn exploits which the state agencies would like to use. These are not part of a global conspiracy, they are competing groups with the same goals.

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