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Updated WhatsApp on my iphone just now. The version I got was 2.19.50. According to the CVE it's still vulnerable. Unable to get 2.19.51 which is the first fixed version. Is this just me? Or is everyone else updating to a still-vulnerable version?
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They managed to destroy Iranian nuclear centrifuges using a very sophisticated attack. Read up on Stuxnet. Also, as an Israeli, I can 100% confirm that Israelis have absolutely no issues with crossing any kind of boundary. The fact that others think that such a thing as "boundaries" exist only serves as an advantage.
How do they differ from international terrorists then?
Otherwise, it is your choice, whether you need a distinction like that. I don't see how it might be useful.
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Absolutely. But no more naughty than USA or Israel, as far as I can tell.
Hmm, I don’t want to get into a state wickedness bidding war, but the US/Israel are democracies where you are unlikely to be eg locked up without a fair trial. Contrast with the fate of the Uighurs. In foreign policy it’s more balanced (supporting Syria vs Saudi Arabia) but even there, Russia is clearly trying to subvert foreign democracies. China is (perhaps reasonably) pushing for more power in Asia. And while the…
For example, in my own country, Romania, US religious groups stoked local religious groups to initiate a referendum to change of our constitution to ban gay marriage (they actually made it through all the steps and the referendum was held, but so few people showed up to vote that it fell through). Would this count? It was done through false news and propaganda (and probably some minor corruption, but that's just par for the course), but otherwise through legal means - same as all modern Russian influence in Europe that I've heard of.
Let's not forget that the US has explicitly assassinated its own citizens for 'suspicion of terrorism' as well, though they're at least not assassinating their own citizens on their own territory, and not in the kind of huge numbers that Russia and China are.
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Interesting to hear about this lack of boundaries among Israelis, is this only for non-Israelis or do you/they cross each others boundaries? Is this a cultural thing, why do you think this the case?
> Is this a cultural thing Israelis in general are very blunt and perfectly willing to question superiors and voice opinions and questions in situations where Americans never would. This includes the military where subordinates would question a superior in a way that would never fly in an American military (and probably others). Israelis on the street will voice opinions to strangers in a way that would be perceived…
What do you mean, for example?
how about telling us how to check if this exploit was used, how to remove the spyware, etc?
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You say this as your country is invading and occupying land that doesn’t belong to them and murdering innocents to drive them out. Yeah, nice way to be proud.
very hard to think of any country that has NOT done this. History shows that people and their countries do bad things.
Updated WhatsApp on my iphone just now. The version I got was 2.19.50. According to the CVE it's still vulnerable. Unable to get 2.19.51 which is the first fixed version. Is this just me? Or is everyone else updating to a still-vulnerable version?
Just updated via UK iOS app store and its 2.19.50
"Affected versions: ... WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.19.51" from https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3568
The news outlets are all telling us to update, but until WhatsApp/Apple get their act together, there's no point. Worse still, people won't realise they need to do it again and will remain vulnerable indefinitely.
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You say this as your country is invading and occupying land that doesn’t belong to them and murdering innocents to drive them out. Yeah, nice way to be proud.
very hard to think of any country that has NOT done this. History shows that people and their countries do bad things.
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You say this as your country is invading and occupying land that doesn’t belong to them and murdering innocents to drive them out. Yeah, nice way to be proud.
Well, that's your interpretation of the events, and one-sided and not a very truthful one at best.
Edit: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Counci...
The entire UN Security Council officially recognized this, with even the US not using their veto power (they abstained).
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I agree. Nobody should underestimate the Mossad: https://youtu.be/bJujIwtdk8w
From my favourite Usenix paper ( https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf ): Basically, you’re either dealing with Mossad or not-Mossad. If your adversary is not-Mossad, then you’ll probably be fine if you pick a good password and don’t respond to emails from ChEaPestPAiNPi11s@virus-basket.biz.ru. If your adversary is the Mossad, YOU’RE GONNA DIE AND THERE’S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. The Mos…