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<< Instead of clicking, Mansoor sent the messages to Citizen Lab researchers. The story is great but I really doubt this. I'm wondering what made him suspect t

• revelation 10y ago
  Yes, who doesn't click on random links received from unknown numbers over (get this) SMS? Some people.
  • jessaustin 10y ago
    Yeah that's almost dumb enough to indicate that this whole thing has been a cat's paw. Burn an old vuln, get everybody riled up about it, but distract them from looking for the sophisticated things you're doing when you actually want to spy on a troublesome subject.
  • themihai 10y ago
    Given his job I assumed he gets a lot of requests/messages from unknown people.
• cwkoss 10y ago
  Sounds like he has been targeted by state-level actors before. He's probably suspicious of any unsolicited information sent to him.