I would not work for NSO myself but I am extremely privileged to have written some popular open source stuff and it's a great market for software.
My wife is in finance, it was this or an abusive boss and constant unpaid overtime.
For what it's worth I think it's the same as working for any weapons producing company (a big no no for me but plenty of people there who are very idiological)
Not really, no.
Weapons manufacturers, as despicable some of them are, do not set out or actively help murder civilians and journalists.
Some of them might have in the past, but those are criminals, first and foremost, just as NGO as a bunch of criminals in my humble opinion.
>My wife is in finance, it was this or an abusive boss and constant unpaid overtime.
Or not working at all, considering you are so "privileged". Or working for some NGO, probono even, if it's about finding meaning in life and not about paying the bills.
Or working as a walmart greeter or meter maid or orderly in a hospital. I'd rather work my really shit orderly job I used to work years ago, than work for scum like NSO.
Given she works in finance, she sounds educated enough and privileged enough to find a nice job that does not involve deliberately targeting and killing civilians. Maybe less "prestigious" or paying less, but still enough to make a nice living on your double income.
I am not buying your excuse, even tho you and your wife might be buying it yourself. Rationalization can be a problem.
The whole point of weapons is to help murder civilians. If weapons were only useful when pointed at military personnel, nobody would fear an invading army or even bother putting up resistance at all: what is that army going to do, exactly? Just get into street fights mano-mano without weapons?
Weapons are created so they can be pointed at living things, regardless of who they work for. I'm not defending NSO but let's not pretend selling exploits is any different to e.g. a Tazer or rifle manufacturer.
> The whole point of weapons is to help murder civilians.
The sanctioned use of weapons is against belligerents. The intentional killing or torture of civilians or prisoners is a human rights violation, or a war crime during warfare.
