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c2756be6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @689949c6 Either some exploit developer somewhere just happens to really like taking apart iMessage, or Apple has a serious flaw in their entire systems security design.
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evacide | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7f73a7d1 Finding vulns in iMessage is highly lucrative for people who sell exploits to governments.
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c2756be6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @689949c6 I'm wondering how much of that is because of poor design decisions on Apple's part, and how much because of the sheer market penetration of iMessage on iOS.
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6e8db479 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7f73a7d1 

It could be that NSO Group have a mole working inside Apple, someone on the inside who is deliberately planting the needed kind of security holes "by mistake".

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c2756be6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ee3c3a40 As far as I understand, in iOS by design iMessage just happens to sit in an uniquely vulnerable spot. Having done some reverse engineering myself, I can totally see how with sufficient funding you can develop these exploits without any moles, or even a source code leak.