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yes. they are involved in tech that you are using. they are working in apple, google, microsoft, nvidia, intel, amd, arm, qualcomm, cisco, etc that have presence in Israel and even expand it.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nvidia-plans-to-boost-presence...



Talking about the breath of which Israel has compromised our technology is actually helping to make my point. They're operating a comprehensive surveillance network and have the ability to literally plant explosives in our consumer devices.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_device...

> the attack killed 42 people, including 12 civilians, and injured 4,000 civilians


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A better analogy would be: would you use Nazi technology? There were roughly 8.5 million Nazis.


No, a better analogy would be Germany. You can't count the entirety of Israel on one hand and ~10% of 1940s Germany on the other.

But that's beside the point and still doesn't match what you said, as you considered any company with an Israeli employee to be compromised, essentially.

Do you consider companies with Chinese employees just as "compromised"? We've known of Chinese state surveillance for decades.


I don't see China as my adversary so that's not an issue for me. If anything they provide a much welcome alternative to both Israeli spy tech and US spy tech.


do you use israeli technology ? or medicine ?


I avoid it whenever possible, especially when we're talking about VPNs of all things. It's funny that you mention medicine because we all use Nazi technology and medical advancements too. Having zero ethical boundaries does indeed mean you can make technological progress.


did you switch to state of art chinese products in order to avoid using israeli tech ? or you just avoid things that you don't use anyway


This is exactly what I've done when possible. I have no problem with China.




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