From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "=?UTF-8?Q?Niocl=C3=A1i=C5=BF=C3=ADn_C=C3=B3il=C3=ADn_de_=C4=A0lo?= =?UTF-8?Q?=C5=BFt=C3=A9ir?=" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Is iOS as insecure as "the Torture Journal" reports? Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 17:14:56 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <9acf7ce4-e904-a4e0-525f-c17cce68659b@Strand_in_London.Gov.UK> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323329-435069284-1736266498=:3250134" Injection-Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:14:59 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7b10b33297953d2792cdc20d1da0a02e"; logging-data="2407179"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Z1uveJzIxGJ3iGDQyOP6rR+t9+sO0V57aKMHFTFlBjA==" Cancel-Lock: sha1:cGGAC7JlbC/QQcTb67WVqx6sKQ4= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:66514 List-Id: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323329-435069284-1736266498=:3250134 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Adaists, Happy New Year! "A well-known case of surveillance software usage is that of Pegasus21, the programme that came to light when R3D, a Mexican human rights organisation protecting freedom of expression discovered its systematic use by the government to spy on journalists and activists who were later targeted, some of them suffering threats, defamation, kidnapping or torture (R3D, 2017). The software consists of malware that infects Apple iPhones through a WhatsApp message or a failed phone call. The attacker has access to everything in the victim=E2=80=99s device: email, messaging services, camera, and microphone. The software is manufactured by the Israeli company, NSO Group. On its website22 the company claims to sell the tool exclusively to governments on the condition that it is only used =E2=80=9Cto combat terrorists=E2=80=9D and notes that the software has saved =E2=80=9Cthousands of lives.=E2=80=9D The software is sold also to private companies and contractors through reseller companies such as Hacking Team. According to R3D, the government is billed around 75,000 euros per successfully controlled telephone. A report by the Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (Network for the Defense of Digital Rights) evidenced that the software was acquired by the Mexican Army in 2012 and by the office of the Attorney General (PGR) in 2014. An impressive series of studies show how the use of Pegasus has been an essential element in the murdering of journalists and for targeting politicians, lawyers and opponents in Mexico.23 A research center, Citizen Lab24 based at the University of Toronto, produces regular reports and provides advice against such practices. It has detected the use of Pegasus in 45 countries and other similar software in almost all countries25." says @article{cdominey_+Torture+Volume+30-01_digital_edition_FINAL-5-22.pdf, title=3D{{Internet and communications as elements for CIDT and Torture.=20 Initial reflections in an unexplored field}}, volume=3D{30}, url=3D{HTTPS://Tidsskrift.Dk/torture-journal/article/view/120593}, DOI=3D{10.7146/torture.v30i1.120593}, number=3D{1}, journal=3D{Torture Journal}, author=3D{P=C3=A9rez-Sales, Pau and Serra, Laia}, year=3D{2020},=20 month=3D{May}, pages=3D{5--22}, abstractNote=3D{&lt;div=20 class=3D&quot;page&quot; title=3D&quot;Page 5&quot;&gt;= =20 &lt;div class=3D&quot;section&quot;&gt; &lt;div=20 class=3D&quot;layoutArea&quot;&gt; &lt;div=20 class=3D&quot;column&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;The internet wa= s=20 once seen as a new and definitive window to freedom and a world without=20 torture. There is however, another less obvious but perhaps more notorious= =20 side: torturous environments can also be created through the internet; a=20 place where individu- als may be targeted for discrimination, coer- cion=20 or control.There is a dearth of academic research and theoretical=20 developments in this very new area of knowledge and this Edito- rial will= =20 review and reflect on various aspects, thereby suggesting possible lines=20 of research.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;=20 &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;} } (I am citing this paper in a draft of a research article for a different=20 reason.) --8323329-435069284-1736266498=:3250134--