Israel Uses Microsoft Azure Cloud for Mass Surveillance of Palestinians
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Summary
The article reveals that Israel's military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, collaborated with Microsoft to store vast amounts of intelligence data, including Palestinians' phone calls, on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The project, discussed in a meeting between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Unit 8200's commander, Yossi Sariel, aimed to leverage Azure's storage capacity for expansive surveillance. The data was stored in Microsoft's European servers, highlighting concerns about privacy and surveillance.
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Meeting at Microsoft’s headquarters near Seattle, a former chicken farm turned hi-tech campus, the spymaster, Yossi Sariel, won Nadella’s support for a plan that would grant Unit 8200 access to a customised and segregated area within Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.
Armed with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity, Unit 8200 began building a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe.
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