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Re: Spanish government iPhones infected by zero-click spyware

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Subject: Re: Spanish government iPhones infected by zero-click spyware
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 18:06:28 +0100
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by: Andy Burnelli - Tue, 3 May 2022 17:06 UTC

nospam wrote:

> it's also from a company who has a vested interest in scaring users to
> buy their anti-malware products on various platforms.

What the iKooks always seem to lack is an _intelligent_ perspective.

The fact is they did it.
And Apple didn't know it could be done until they _told_ Apple about it.

What do you think the bad guys are doing?
Are they composing polite letters to Apple telling Apple what _they_ do?
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Re: Spanish government iPhones infected by zero-click spyware	Andy Burnelli