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  • I Was Hacked. The Spyware Used Against Me Makes Us All Vulnerable. [tel

    From Moderator@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 10 15:55:26 2021
    Invasive hacking software sold to countries to fight terrorism is
    easily abused. Researchers say my phone was hacked twice, probably by
    Saudi Arabia.

    By Ben Hubbard

    BEIRUT, Lebanon - In Mexico, the government hacked the cellphones of journalists and activists. Saudi Arabia has broken into the phones of dissidents at home and abroad, sending some to prison. The ruler of
    Dubai hacked the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers.

    So perhaps I should not have been surprised when I learned recently
    that I, too, had been hacked.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/insider/hacking-nso-surveillance.html

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 11 16:22:52 2021
    Am Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:55:26 +0000 (UTC)
    schrieb Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.remove-this.telecom-digest.org>:

    BEIRUT, Lebanon - In Mexico, the government hacked the cellphones of journalists and activists. Saudi Arabia has broken into the phones of dissidents at home and abroad, sending some to prison. The ruler of
    Dubai hacked the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers.

    It is not a secret that governments want security vulnerabilities in
    soft and hardware. The only way to stop that is not using proprietary
    software. Also, don't use cellphones at all, many of them have
    backdoors to use them as a wiretap.

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