Move comes after immigration agencies ceased buying some location data during Biden administration after inspectors found they abused privacy protections
Meta shared information with WhatsApp that led them to identify, mitigate, and attribute a Paragon zero-click exploit. On January 31, 2025, WhatsApp sent notifications to approximately 90 WhatsApp accounts they believed were targeted with Paragon’s spyware, including journalists and members of civil society.
I don’t have friends. Zero groupchats. Don’t even have any mainsteam comms apps. Not even a Lemmy client (I use browser lmao). How am I supposed to get the .pdf?
Oh. I have no doubt that a lot of people are vulnerable to the exploit, but I’m entertained by the fact that you can stop the exploit by simply removing a chat app.
How? Screen scraping? That would involve installing malware on each phone.
Looks like they use 0-day exploits to indeed install spyware on targets
Um… one problem for Mr. NSA:
I don’t have friends. Zero groupchats. Don’t even have any mainsteam comms apps. Not even a Lemmy client (I use browser lmao). How am I supposed to get the .pdf?
😁
I mean if you’re a genuine target they’ll find a way.
(Also a nitpick, Paragon is originally an Israeli corporation, altho they do have an US division since 2021)
Lol. It relies on WhatsApp.
Weird that they would target one of the biggest mainstream chat apps in whole of Europe
Oh. I have no doubt that a lot of people are vulnerable to the exploit, but I’m entertained by the fact that you can stop the exploit by simply removing a chat app.