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0 pointskstrauser1y ago0 comments

And what does that have to do with Snyk, other than that some of their employees use to work for IDF?

I'm a US Navy veteran. Would you also stay away from my employers because they have veterans on staff?

Seriously, I get what you're trying to say, but I don't understand the broader point you're trying to make. So Snyk has some ex-IDF employees. Find a high-profile infosec firm that doesn't. They military service they were compelled to has a reputation at being really, really good at infosec. I see no reason why companies shouldn't want to hire them afterward.

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defrost1y ago

Without wanting to take a position here, the GP comment had a specific narrow point.

The claim was that Snyk was founded by Unit 8200 members.

Not that it had a few Israeli veterens, almost all Israeli's serve in the IDF after all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200

To be fair I have a former Unit 8200 member in my larger extended family who left and has since been vocal in opposition to Netanyahu so membership in an elite Cyber Unit alone doesn't define a person.

That aside, most Governments would keep an eye on a company started by, say, former NSA employees and watch for covert activity under any overt actions.

dekelpilli1y ago

It would correlate strongly that 8200 alumni end up being educated and working in tech, and likely living in Tel Aviv. This is a group of people who, by and large, are not big fans of the current government.

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