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According to wikipedia[1] Pegasus is usually installed via a zero-click iMessage exploit. Open-sourcing Pegasus doesn't seem likely as NSO Group sells it for bi
by javajosh 5y ago
According to wikipedia[1] Pegasus is usually installed via a zero-click iMessage exploit. Open-sourcing Pegasus doesn't seem likely as NSO Group sells it for big bucks. It seems unlikely that Apple has colluded with NSO, as Pegasus is actually a bit of a black eye for the company. I'm not sure what governments can do with an engineer in the right place - in general I'd say "not much, and certainly not as much as with the courts and guys with guns, the other things a government can do.
1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)
- saagarjha 5y agoI understood the parent comment as requesting that iOS be made open source to allow a further understanding of how the exploit works. My response to that would be that making things open source makes this process easier, but is not, by and means, a requirement for this ability.
- christophilus 5y agoInteresting. Didn’t realize it was zero-click. I got a bunch of weird iMessages a few months ago which I didn’t open. How do I check if I’ve been compromised?
- username190 5y agoiMazing[0] can analyze an iTunes (or Finder in macOS Catalina and later) backup to determine whether Pegasus is present. [0] https://imazing.com/ https://imazing.com/