>Cognyte sells a lot of snake oil – for instance, the company claims to have created software that predicts where crime is likely to occur in the future.
So they claim to implement machine learning which is snake oil?
As I follow the stats, somewhere between 20-40% of the US public seems to be open to the idea that Israel is a genocidal ethnostate. I have a low opinion of the US State on the best of days but it actually seems quite remarkable that they would be buying from them given where public opinion seems to be at. The US public is tolerant of a lot of things but the political cost-benefits surely can't make sense for that.
Title is misleading. The vans are manufactured by an Israeli company and bought by US government entities, not vans affiliated with the nation state of Israel.
You can partially protect yourself from these attacks by disabling 2G on your device. This won't prevent location tracking, but will stop the attacker from intercepting calls or texts.
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So they claim to implement machine learning which is snake oil?
add in Israeli-made for a bit more clarity
ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people's phones
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45184368
- Android: https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/cellular-s...
- iOS: you must turn on Lockdown Mode https://support.apple.com/en-us/105120