if a phone has already been compromised with Pegasus spy software, does enabling lockdown mode stop Pegasus from working? Eg. stop Pegasus from accessing the camera, viewing apps remotely, etc.
or does one need a new clean phone to enable lockdown mode safely?
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Well, if you are important enough for someone to spend millions of dollars to install Pegasus on a phone that you haven’t kept updated then you have much bigger problems than spyware on your phone. What makes you think Pegasus is installed on your phone? Did you run the Pegasus check feature of iMazing?
If you ARE in this situation, lockdown mode is not sufficient. You first must restore your phone to factory settings, set up the phone as new, don’t restore any backups, and enable Lockdown mode.
And see this Apple documentation:
And if you are important enough on the world stage to need protection against government security intrusions from repressive governments (note that ONLY government agencies can get licenses for Pegasus), are a journalist or a drug lord you should problem hire a cybersecurity consultant to review all of the vulnerabilities in your technology and your lifestyle.
Well, if you are important enough for someone to spend millions of dollars to install Pegasus on a phone that you haven’t kept updated then you have much bigger problems than spyware on your phone. What makes you think Pegasus is installed on your phone? Did you run the Pegasus check feature of iMazing?
If you ARE in this situation, lockdown mode is not sufficient. You first must restore your phone to factory settings, set up the phone as new, don’t restore any backups, and enable Lockdown mode.
And see this Apple documentation:
And if you are important enough on the world stage to need protection against government security intrusions from repressive governments (note that ONLY government agencies can get licenses for Pegasus), are a journalist or a drug lord you should problem hire a cybersecurity consultant to review all of the vulnerabilities in your technology and your lifestyle.
And OMG cables- does enabling lockdown mode wipe all keyloggers and stop remote snooping
Does lockdown mode disable Pegasus software already installed on a phone?
