Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
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I agree. One workaround though is clicking NYTimes links, then clicking Firefox Reader View, then clicking refresh.
But then you have to actually read NYTimes, which reading the agenda they push can be a different type of infuriating.
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#4Why did this take so long? The alternate thread pointing at the citizenlab report [1] says that "In March 2021, we examined... and determined that they had been hacked"
It's September. The NYTimes says: "Apple’s security team has been working around the clock to develop a fix since Tuesday, after researchers at Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog organization at the University of Toronto, discovered that a Saudi activist’s iPhone had been infected with spyware from NSO Group."
So has Apple been sitting on this since March, or has CitizenLab?
[1] https://citizenlab.ca/2021/09/forcedentry-nso-group-imessage...
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#6On a sidenote: If you would like to read this article without giving away your email address or signing in, activate the 'Reader' option in your browser.
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#7Why did this take so long? The alternate thread pointing at the citizenlab report [1] says that "In March 2021, we examined... and determined that they had been hacked" It's September. The NYTimes says: "Apple’s security team has been working around the clock to develop a fix since Tuesday, after researchers at Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog organization at the University of Toronto, discovered that a Saudi ac…
Maybe the fearmongers are right, and we've truly reached a post-privacy world. Frankly, I don't know how else you'd describe it: your phone, smartwatch or computer can all be silently hacked without your knowledge (or any easy way to verify that you're infected). You can't visualize or control how your personal data is propagated, and the cherry on top is that it's all a laissez-faire exploit carnival. I don't know if it's fair to call Apple culpable here, but it is fair to say that your phone (and data) is at risk.
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
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> Are paywalls ok?
> It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.
> In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#9Why did this take so long? The alternate thread pointing at the citizenlab report [1] says that "In March 2021, we examined... and determined that they had been hacked" It's September. The NYTimes says: "Apple’s security team has been working around the clock to develop a fix since Tuesday, after researchers at Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity watchdog organization at the University of Toronto, discovered that a Saudi ac…
immediately after the bit you quote:
> Recent re-analysis of the backup yielded
Further down has the timeline of when Apple was informed and acted.
EDIT: and for completeness link to the mentioned other discussion, which makes this a dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28516095
Re: Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
#10I'm not seeing a software update on my iPhone?