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Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but is there some place where one can read a description of the exploits? On the surface, Whatsapp, Signal, e
by edge17 10y ago
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but is there some place where one can read a description of the exploits?
On the surface, Whatsapp, Signal, etc being compromised can mean either they are individually compromised or the platform they're on is somehow compromised, or something else... in my experience journalists have the incentive to just pick the headline that is the most sensational rather than the most informative.
- duskwuff 10y agoGenerally speaking, most of the "exploits" I've seen so far have fallen into the mundane category of "if you have full access to the computer/device, you can inject code into target applications to exfiltrate information". This is more of a demonstration of the platform's security than of any specific application -- if you can get the user to run code, all bets are off. For what it's worth, iOS has come out of this looking very safe. The CIA is essentially riding on the coattails of jailbreaks, which have been getting increasingly rare.
- hackuser 10y agoThe point of the article is that there are no exploits and those apps aren't mentioned by the leaked data. The leaked data merely says that if you gain full access to someone's phone then you can see what the user sees, which would include their Whatsapp and Signal messages. > in my experience journalists have the incentive to just pick the headline that is the most sensational rather than the most informative. Considering what the article actually says, it seems this author and publication didn't do that.