nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a76c1dc83120300e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240919s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a76c1dc83120300e doi eng 342 23 Mann, Itamar Author aut A War for the Tech Economy - High and Low-Tech Warfare in Israel’s Communications Attack on Hezbollah Mann, Itamar Verfassungsblog 2024-09-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Today, various commentators are asking about the purpose behind the pager attack and the subsequent communication device attack yesterday. The New York Times’s detailed report of the incidents announces in its title that Israel has built a “Modern-Day Trojan Horse”. The idea comes from Greek history, but perhaps a better comparison might be found in Greek myth. Prometheus stole fire from the gods. Today, Israel is attempting to develop secularized but God-like technological capabilities, at least in terms of their ability to generate surprise and change reality overnight. Yet, by discarding moral or political considerations in favor of pyrotechnics,  Israel risks Prometheus’s ultimate fate: punishment. CC BY-SA 4.0 Israel Israel | 1700–1773 Israel-Gaza War Israel-Hezbollah War ideology (DE-588)1067299726 gnd Israel Israel | 1700–1773 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-war-for-the-tech-economy/ raw object