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WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long-running spyware hacking case | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 17 points 1 month ago

Israeli corpo disrespecting American plebs... .

And daddy Sam kinda just lets them?

[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Another reminder, as if we needed it, that you should not under any circumstances use whatsapp

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hard disagree: anything is a target for criminals like the NSO Group; blaming Whatsapp specifically for this muddies the discussion. Sure, you should avoid it - for other reasons, do a proper risk assessment please.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Avoid it - for otger reasons. Do a proper

I think a period is more appropriate thn a comment there, no?

The comma makes it feel like you should do the risk assesment for other reasons

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

I’ll leave it as it is now, but you are probably right.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anyone know was Pegasus sold as as a service or the software was sold and the user could target whoever and the number is much larger than 1400?

[–] brie@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was. $10M/year. After Apple patched the buffer overflow in the gif lib and introduced blastdoor, they replaced it with Pegasus 2. Apple patched it again. That's why it's sold as a service.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And it's sold as a service to nation-states. People who should be taking measures for this to never happen again are, one can say, culturally sympathetic to those buying it.

[–] brie@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

It's available to anyone who pays. Not limited to nation states. I doesn't concern me much: $10M is out of reach of anyone I'll ever meet.

[–] lig@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

I have a question: did WhatsApp fix the vulnerability that was exploited?

Also, how many more are still there?