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Re:Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware att... by passion__desire on Thursday April 11, 2024 @12:29PM (#40003994)
Or maybe have a bigger blast radius so that it is difficult to know the exact targets. Drown the detection algos in the noise.
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Re:Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware att... by ethbr1 on Thursday April 11, 2024 @04:22PM (#40006421)
Exactly. If you're identifying targets by noisy proxy signals (geo/IP + behavior?) then you're going to have non-zero false positives.
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