Don’t know enough about iOS to say for sure about persistence, but recent Pegasus (NSO Group spyware) versions don’t bother[1], instead repeatedly exploiting bu

Don’t know enough about iOS to say for sure about persistence, but recent Pegasus (NSO Group spyware) versions don’t bother[1], instead repeatedly exploiting bugs starting with “features” like background Messages attachment parsing. Those are the kind of threats Lockdown Mode finally acknowledges — targets (well IMO everyone) would need it permanently enabled. Otherwise the temporary protection before clicking a link can be had today in other ways, like disabling Settings > Safari > Advanced > JavaScript. [1] Lack of persistence likely an attempt at making it harder to analyze: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-...