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> Jacob made this assertion in his talk but presented no evidence. He based this assertion on an NSA slide that said 100% of iPhones could be tapped. In the re
by iheartmemcache 13y ago
> Jacob made this assertion in his talk but presented no evidence.
He based this assertion on an NSA slide that said 100% of iPhones could be tapped. In the rest of the talk there was frequent mention (in bulletpoints or even more interestingly graphs) of efficacy rates, and as I recall most were between 50-80 percent. Apple was the only slide cited with 100% which is why this was noteworthy.
- gte910h 13y agoAs apple has few phones with large quantities of users, I am not surprised. I think you'll find similar penetration levels for any phone with lots of users It's a resources/efficacy decision on the part of the NSA for targeting. It's the same reason there were "no" mac viruses for many years: there were far more windows users to target.
- droopybuns 13y agoFurther add context: Charlie Miller (that apple 0day guy) is ex NSA. In 2009 or so, he made huge waves with his iphone hacks. I also find it appaling how widely revered charlie is. In this context, he is clearly an example of the kind of hacker we should be fucking shaming. No more free bugs finds its logical conclusion. 0xcharlie: NSA stooge.