Journalist’s phone hacked: all he had to do was visit any website

Re:Journalist’s phone hacked: all he had to do was visit any... by StavrosK on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:44AM (#23624496)

> This won't work, as long as there is a market for hacking phones, there will be those willing to sell their expertise.

Maybe, but it'll make them way way more expensive.

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Re:Journalist’s phone hacked: all he had to do was visit any... by mhuffman on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:12AM (#23624659)

> Maybe, but it'll make them way way more expensive.

Higher prices are how you attract MORE talent!

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Re:Journalist’s phone hacked: all he had to do was visit any... by smabie on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:07AM (#23624958)

Usually, high salaries are used to attract star performers. But there's other factors at play too. Sometimes, high salaries are used as compensation for dangerous or unpleasant work. So, for example, if the NSO had to pay higher salaries because all developers whotake the job get immediately divorced by their wives and no longer invited for beer by their friends, then that wouldn't attract better talent. Regular talent is merely being compensated for the negative externalities of working for NSO.

In order for a company to attract superior talent, they need the entire package to be better than the competition (lifestyle, salary, free pizza, prestige, etc).

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