Submitted 7 months ago by simplejack@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/apple-warning-mercenary-spyware-attacks/?guccounter=1
If you are a high value target, you should not carry normal phones made for normal people.
Its sad that none of the dumb phones were built with security in mind. Linux phones are the second best option, GrapheneOS and CalyxOS would be the least you should go.
Modern crypto is often faster than old crypto. For example eliptic curve crypto in software is faster than AES in software
Is the old stuff beginning to break, or just slow?
if someone tried to
Cryptography is what you yourself first need. Also - depends for what, if we are not using hardware acceleration. Encrypting text - yeah. Voice - may be more problematic.
Also consumer hardware and software is generally not designed to protect high value targets.
It’s intended for protection against crooks and hooligans, which is necessary for businesses, which is an incentive for vendors.
Providing protection against nation states is something which may even be considered a bad thing.
Maby it would be problematic for real time communication like voice when it comes to encryption but these phones do not even try to do text encryption bugs me.
I think we should just feel okay to say “I dont know what advice to give you if you are targeted by a nation”
Linux on phone is great for privacy but can you say that on security ?? It’s open source, not very popular. We’ve seen how it can go wrong recently.
Id put it in third after grapheneos. But the end result is that it’s not suitable anyway.
Do you understand what you say?
Me feeling left out.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Of course it’s fucking Pegasus.
fiercekitten@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I’m of the opinion that we need to start calling NSO Group a terrorist organization.
ikidd@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Also; Modi and BJP. Carrying out assassinations in Canada should get you on that list.
mlg@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lol I’ve said this before on lemmy, everyone and their mom bought the Pegasus toolkit from Israel, even the nations that still don’t recognize Israel.