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"The phones were compromised using an exploit chain that we call KISMET, which appears to involve an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage" Why aren't there
by Stierlitz 6y ago
"The phones were compromised using an exploit chain that we call KISMET, which appears to involve an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage"
Why aren't there a hardware switch on the phones that renders the OS read-only during normal use?
- saagarjha 6y agoHow would this work, and how would it help?
- Stierlitz 6y ago@saagarjha > How would this work, and how would it help? Well if the OS is rendered read-only at the hardware level then malware can't take up residence.
- saagarjha 6y agoThe malware would run out of RAM, then. It’s not like the files it’s writing to disk are enabling it to gain persistence.
- machello13 6y agoI found the most HN comment in this thread.