How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians – podcast
The article discusses how Israel's intelligence agency, Unit 8200, utilized Microsoft's cloud technology, Azure, to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Yossi Sariel, the head of Unit 8200, aimed to transfer large amounts of the unit's data, including top-secret information, into the Microsoft cloud platform. This allowed for increased data storage and the ability to carry out extensive surveillance on the Palestinian population. The investigation was conducted by The Guardian's Harry Davies, in collaboration with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call.
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