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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by NoiseBert69 on Monday February 16, 2026 @09:39AM (#47035558)
The German foreign intelligence service (BND) played the PR of incompetence for a very long time.

Well until press found out that they had tapped into Obamas encrypted phone calls while flying in the AF1 for a long time.

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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by lejalv on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @06:48AM (#47046496)
I did not know - here's a link to Washington Post reporting: https://archive.ph/kCxNw
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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by LispShmisp on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @08:00AM (#47047041)
> Well until press found out that they had tapped into Obamas encrypted phone calls while flying in the AF1 for a long time.

As per the article linked above (https://archive.ph/kCxNw)

"The intelligence agency, called the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) discovered that some calls on Air Force One were unencrypted and it was able to tap into radio frequencies that were used for those calls, according to the book, "

No hacking or deployment of listening devices, just passive listening. Unless you have other sources?

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