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Latin America

Mike 03

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1. Terrifying. "Today no user action is needed"...

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 05:50 PM

Dec 2020

In 2019, it was revealed that the Israeli company was using a flaw in the messaging platform WhatsApp. Today, no user action is needed thanks to nearly invisible redirects of internet traffic. Once an attack is successful, the customer can view everything on the targeted phone.

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Israeli spyware is helping Mexico hunt down journalists [View all] LessAspin Dec 2020 OP

Terrifying. "Today no user action is needed"... Mike 03 Dec 2020 #1

Another sentence Mike 03 Dec 2020 #2

They have a similar - though less widely-reported - problem in Argentina sandensea Dec 2020 #4

Surely glad you added Macri used the expertise of the same people. It truly does figure. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #6

k&r for visibility alwaysinasnit Dec 2020 #3

OT LessAspin Dec 2020 #5

What a shame to learn the Israelis are horning in on suppression of Mexican journalists now. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #7