This link proves how robust the security research is and how quickly bugs like that are patched.
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0x0@infosec.pub 2 weeks agonvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21083
I guarantee you that the green dot means diddly squat.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
chaospatterns@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Past vulnerabilities doesn’t mean there is active mpdern vulnerabilities especially ones in widely tested operating systems that’s exploited by as many apps as people claim are listening when security researchers also regularly reverse engineer and analyze the source code of popular apps to figure out what they’re doing.
Its one thing to claim there’s some a system level bypass for the icon that the NSA uses to spy on its enemies, it’s another thing to claim that it’s being exploited on a wide scale by a tech company.