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Re:Swiss report reveals new details on CIA spying operation by burrows on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @01:56PM (#25061541)
What argument are you making?

Putting something into the App Store somehow makes the app itself vulnerable?

Or, the App Store tends to attract already vulnerable software?

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Re:Swiss report reveals new details on CIA spying operation by x87678r on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:58PM (#25062274)
Probably both. If the NSA thought it unbreakable, the app would not be easily available to the public.
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Re:Swiss report reveals new details on CIA spying operation by burrows on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:35PM (#25062682)
An iOS backdoor is the way to go. Otherwise the NSA has to monitor an endless cycle of new apps.
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Re:Swiss report reveals new details on CIA spying operation by sudosysgen on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @03:51PM (#25062838)
Not if there is a backdoor added to all apps on the app store automatically.
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Re:Swiss report reveals new details on CIA spying operation by burrows on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @05:29PM (#25063777)
Do you imagine this backdoor gives control over each application's execution or only retrieves data?
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