Private Israeli firms support a global industry of surveillance, hacking, and espionage tools that are now deployed in more than half of the world’s countries, including states that present themselves as democracies. These technologies are used for everything from digital monitoring to practices tied to repression and serious violations of privacy.
Their deployment grants users sweeping access to vast amounts of personal data through unlawful methods such as hacking and covert spying. In many cases, this is not limited to targeting individuals, but expands into mass population surveillance, as seen most clearly in Palestine.
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