Such penetration into cell phones is considered both a prohibited invasion of privacy and an intrusion into a computer as it means In section 4 to the Computers Law (Criminal Appeal (Military Rulings) 28647-05-25 Sharoni v. Chief Military Prosecutor, paragraphs 115-118 (Nevo 29.4.2026)).
Moreover, from the evidence brought before me, it emerged that Yuli hacked Naveh's phones by connecting him to a computer and running some software in order to copy content from them. This is a prohibited production of content by means of a device (computer). This action also turns the penetration into illegal wiretapping (Section 1 to the Wiretapping Law; Civil Appeal Authority 2552/16 Singer v. Yahav Hamiyas Technologies (1990) Ltd., paragraph 51 (Nevo, May 10,2016); Appeal to the Disciplinary Court of Local Authorities (Central Districts) 13028-04-09 Eliyahu v. Tiberias Municipality, paragraph 28 (Nevo, March 11,2010); Criminal Case (Tel Aviv District) 40206/05 State of Israel v. Ben Avraham Bellali, Paragraph 58 (Nevo, June 10,2009)). Steif's responsibility for these acts stems from her central position as the mediator and organizer of the event. As the person who approved them as part of the meeting at Yuli's home, and as someone who knowingly used the prohibited products of wiretapping, as opposed to Section 2(a)-2(b) to the Wiretapping Law.
We found that the other defendants were not complicit in these acts, and received the information only after it was collected from the devices, printed on paper and arranged in binders, and they were not aware of the improper manner in which the information was produced. In these circumstances, I do not see fit to attribute direct responsibility to the other defendants for the violation of the above legal provisions, given that they received the material collected from Naveh's devices after the fact and without Steif sharing with them the manner in which things were done.
- If so, it appears that Steif did indeed violate the legislation set forth in the Computers Law and the Wiretapping Law (beyond the provisions The Protection of Privacy Law which we have already discussed above). These legal provisions are intended to protect various values:
The Computers Law It is intended to protect a person's control over the content found on a mobile phone, which constitutes a "centralized "repository" of information in text, photos, recordings, and videos, from which one can learn about a person's thoughts, feelings, and experiences, as well as his - sometimes the most intimate - attachments with others.Criminal Appeal 8627/14 Dvir v. State of Israel, para. 7 (July 14,2015)" (Additional Criminal Hearing 1062/21 Urich v. State of Israel, paragraph 29 (Nevo, January 11,2022)).