Blasting Past WebP - An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMessage exploit

Re:Blasting Past WebP - An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMe... by saagarjha on Friday March 28, 2025 @06:32AM (#43503677)

Note that 2G is generally considered to be insecure (hence why it's disabled).

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Re:Blasting Past WebP - An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMe... by dfawcus on Friday March 28, 2025 @05:03PM (#43509795)

Insecure how? The fact that someone could listen in to the phone call is (to me) largely irrelevant.

The real point being that it still has wider coverage in remote parts (of the UK), and draws less power.

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Re:Blasting Past WebP - An analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMe... by saagarjha on Sunday March 30, 2025 @02:30AM (#43521855)

I don’t think most people would agree with your risk profile.

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