"Pegasus" on the iPhone

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"Pegasus" on the iPhone

Who here has a iphone? I heard of this program called "Pegasus" which is classed as a "no-click" something to do with "it does not require any user interaction to infect a victim’s device"

So will Apple installed the program into their new line of iphone 13s?

What are the benefits of having "Pegasus" installed on the phone? So if you lose your phone you can then find it with someone elses phone that has "Pegasus" installed on it? Whats the point of the "find my phone" option then?

Any be able to let me know what are the benefits of "Pegasus" to be installed on the phone without you knowing?

Probably explains the random amounts of money being dropped into my bank account.

Posted on Sep 19, 2021 12:04 AM

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Answer 1

LD150

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Sep 19, 2021 11:03 AM in response to playwiththeboloz

You seem to misunderstand Pegasus which is a million dollar spyware trojan intended for use by security forces but sold by the company for use by despotic governments.'

There were never any "benefits" except to the despots.

As well as the patch, United Nations are now asking the company for a moratorium.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/13/un_wants_surveillance_tech_sales_moratorium/

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Answer 2

Sep 19, 2021 11:11 AM in response to playwiththeboloz

Unless you are a high ranking government official or a high profile journalist, you truly never had any reason to be concerned about Pegasus to begin with. You'd have to be super important on the world stage to be a target.

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Answer 3

Sep 23, 2021 1:56 AM in response to lobsterghost1

I not concerned about nor I do think many people who have apple phones will never hear about this "Pegasus"

I wanted to know from a stand point what are the benefits of having this installed on the phone and what could you do with it?

If it possible for a "high ranked government official" then I could only assume for the "average joe" wouldn't know, however I do think there are more average joe's that use apple iPhones then high ranked government officials.

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