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Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Re: Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Post by hef19898 »

canadiantim wrote: post #35
hef19898 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have a new one, you know?

yeah that's the one I was talking about. The one who's acting like a dictator and shutting down the free press

You are either a professional troll, or you don't know which year we are living in.

Maybe both...

Re: Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Post by chewz »

Just bear in mind that this is the same Polish PM whose former government set World record making requests to Apple for data from 241 509 iPhones in 1H2015… (out of 300 thousand total request from the entire World)…

Quarter milion iPhones in 2015 in Poland was basically everyone who counts in public life.

https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/pdf/requests-2015-H...

Re: Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Post by bobx11 »

andrenth wrote: post #4

“Poland and the demon in democracy” https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/poland-and-the-demon-in-d...

The author seems to contradict themselves in many places… maybe they just really want it to be true. For example, “allegedly” and “convicted” in this case:

> He was convicted during Tusk’s previous regime (2007-2014) for allegedly abusing his power while pursuing government corruption with “excessive zeal,” but was officially pardoned by then-new President Andrzej Duda in 2015 – a long-standing point of displeasure for the Polish left.

Re: Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Post by dmortin »

chewz wrote: post #43

Just bear in mind that this is the same Polish PM whose former government set World record making requests to Apple for data from 241 509 iPhones in 1H2015… (out of 300 thousand total request from the entire World)… Quarter milion iPhones in 2015 in Poland was basically everyone who counts in public life. https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/pdf/requests-2015-H...

Making requests is one thing, because Apple can deny the request, while using Pegasus simply hacks the phone without oversight.

Re: Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Post by canadiantim »

hef19898 wrote: post #41
canadiantim wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah that's the one I was talking about. The one who's acting like a dictator and shutting down the free press

You are either a professional troll, or you don't know which year we are living in. Maybe both...

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Re: Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Post by Szpadel »

chewz wrote: post #43

Just bear in mind that this is the same Polish PM whose former government set World record making requests to Apple for data from 241 509 iPhones in 1H2015… (out of 300 thousand total request from the entire World)… Quarter milion iPhones in 2015 in Poland was basically everyone who counts in public life. https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/pdf/requests-2015-H...

from your linked document:

*Poland: predominately requests from Customs and Revenue Authorities

Re: Poland’s PM says previous government illegally used Pegasus spyware

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Post by giancarlostoro »

axlee wrote: post #32
xemoka wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m curious about this statement too, seems there’s evidence that they don’t and the customer is the data handler: https://www.edps.europa.eu/system/files_en?file=2023-01/0221... top of page 4. I guess this is all according to NSO claims. I’d like to see evidence otherwise!

Why would you trust anything a spyware company says? This is not a tongue-in-cheek question.

It is a lot of money lost if it comes out that you lied to some of your biggest clients.
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