Israeli Security Firm Claims Spyware Tool Can Harvest iCloud Data in Targeted iPhone Attack

[SteveW928]

I bring an Anker 60 Watt USB charger with me. Plugs into AC outlet.

Yeah, just pack a USB charger like the one that comes with the phone, or other similar ones.

 

[0388631]

Still doesn't allude to a government backdoor

You're presuming there isn't one, but also presuming that either party would publicly acknowledge it.

 

[DoctorTech]

Yeah, I'm only doing USA/Canada for my experience. It certainly is the USA that is going a bit crazy on this stuff. Canada has gotten easier, if anything.

I'm more just curious if being asked to see the phone, unlock it, etc. is becoming an even semi-regular thing at all. I've never had/seen it happen.



Same experience here, though even recently. If I were to guess, I'd also say like 80% of my airport security checks coming to the USA have included a 'random' search/body-scan. While waiting, I'd see a few women 'randomly' flagged, but it was mostly men. I also have a beard (as does your profile icon) which maybe triggers some kind of profiling?

I don't care all that much, aside from a slight delay. I just don't like them pretending it's random. Profiling is a thing any kind of law enforcement does... so long as it doesn't get lazy and abused, as that will probably end up letting more bad things through.

I’m with you, I don’t like the pretend “randomness”. I have a beard now but I didn’t at the time, I was just a very ordinary 30 something white guy on a business trip. At the time I wondered if I was being chosen as the “token white guy” to prove they weren’t singling out minorities for extra screening. It wasn’t a big deal, TSA was polite and the extra screening didn’t take long. A couple of time I even got bumped to the front of the boarding line for the inconvenience of having to go through the extra screening at the gate.

 

[stylinexpat]

What was Microsoft thinking??

Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded

The probe reflects growing unease about facial recognition surveillance in the United States.

www.deccanchronicle.com

Facebook taking NSO to court?? Real News or fake news? If this was China or Iran Trump would be applying sanctions but for some reason not many were willing to report on this.

Facebook Sues Israel’s NSO Group over WhatsApp Zero-Day

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WhatsApp accuses Israeli firm of helping governments hack phones of journalists, human rights workers

WhatsApp on Tuesday accused the Israeli surveillance company NSO of helping governments hack into the mobile devices of more than 100 people worldwide, including journalists and human rights workers.

www.washingtonpost.com

 

[Osamede]

What was Microsoft thinking??

Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded

The probe reflects growing unease about facial recognition surveillance in the United States.

www.deccanchronicle.com

Facebook taking NSO to court?? Real News or fake news? If this was China or Iran Trump would be applying sanctions but for some reason not many were willing to report on this.

Facebook Sues Israel’s NSO Group over WhatsApp Zero-Day

Technology Magazine with Tech News and gadget reviews from Technology Experts.Technology innovation and futuristic machines on a digital platform with a unique editorial vision.

www.technowize.com

WhatsApp accuses Israeli firm of helping governments hack phones of journalists, human rights workers

WhatsApp on Tuesday accused the Israeli surveillance company NSO of helping governments hack into the mobile devices of more than 100 people worldwide, including journalists and human rights workers.

www.washingtonpost.com

Of course you know why Tump won’t say a word - why the US media too will be near silent. Meanwhile even on this forum there are people who think surveillance was invented by the Chinese and Apple should therefore leave China. Laughable.