Re:NSO Group's iPhone Zero-Days used against a UAE Human Rig...
by givinguflac on Thursday August 25, 2016 @03:07PM
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The only legitimate use of this is a jailbreak tool. Obviously 'this' being the root exploit and not the malware/data capturing portion. I agree malware like that should be treated as munitions.
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Re:NSO Group's iPhone Zero-Days used against a UAE Human Rig...
by briandear on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:13PM
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Really then, a tape recorder should be considered a munition under that logic.
Malware shouldn't be considered a munition any more than encryption should have been.
Unless the malware actually makes your phone explode, then it's a stretch to call it a munition.
Do we really want governments getting into the code review business?