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Apple informs journalists Russia is targeting them with Pegasus spyware
(www.businessinsider.nl)
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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Pegasus constantly adapts, evolves, and changes overtime with how it works. Pegasus 3 years ago isn't the same as Pegasus today. Once a vulnerability is discovered and fixed, they find a new one to exploit and take advantage of. Its a constant battle.
I'm not a big fan of Apple at all, but credit where its due, they have made a pretty good effort to patch Pegasus vulnerabilities whenever they come about, plus have added features like Lockdown Mode to help protect against it even further, etc. This article is literally about Apple even warning journalists to be cautious of it.
Saying Apple is intentionally allowing Pegasus to happen, like you're claiming, is honestly laughable with all things considered.
I mean, they kind of have to? What's the alternative, they leave it? Why are we applauding them for basically the bare minimum here?
Apple's investment in discovering these problems seems pretty poor. There are multiple instances of Google finding exploits for them and then Apple downplays and complains about Google being too alarmist.
Sure, they fix things. But they fucking better, or there's a very different problem. But their proactive investments in trying to discover them ahead of time seems pathetic.
I think you missed my point, I'm not applauding Apple for doing the bare minimum, and to be clear, I think you absolutely raise fair points, I'm just pointing out that its ridiculous to claim that Apple intentionally allows Pegasus to happen, which is absurd based off the fact they make efforts to patch its vulnerabilities whenever they pop up, add features like Lockdown Mode, and even warn people who could be impacted. Could they do better to be proactive against exploits? Sure, definitely seems like they have room for improvement, but that's not the same thing as what the person I replied to had implied by acting like Apple intentionally allowed Pegasus to work and was complicit with it.