[HN Gopher] Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Va...
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       Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy,
       and Maybe You
        
       Author : sipofwater
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2025-10-14 19:56 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.motherjones.com)
        
       | OutOfHere wrote:
       | IMHO, it is Google and Apple that are entirely at fault for
       | allowing the software of their phones to grant such open access,
       | with users unable to deny such access. If an ancient protocol
       | mandates a response to be sent, the response might as well be
       | fake. Also, silent exploits of Whatsapp, iMessage, SMS, etc. have
       | existed for about a decade now, which should have been more than
       | sufficient time to close all the loopholes. The only explanation
       | that remains is that Google and Apple are conspiring with a third
       | party to keep phones insecure.
        
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