Meanwhile last time I checked, Android bug bounty is higher.

iPhone makes you an easy target. Sorry Besos, security through obscurity was a bad idea... but you should have known better.

It seems as though you can basically do anything in this administration if the money is right, so selling state secrets free of punishment sounds about right to me.

> In total, Coruna takes advantage of 23 distinct vulnerabilities in iOS, a rare collection of hacking components that suggests it was created by a well-resourced, likely state-sponsored group of hackers.

People have been hacking iOS since before it was called iOS and they weren't necessarily "well-resourced, likely state-sponsored". See geohot

With this administration? Color me unsurprised.

"Possible" stripped from the headline on HN. That word seems particularly important given that it's speculative:

"Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government."

How could something as sensitive get out of an administration as competent as the current one? At least they have no access to lets say AI or autonomous weapons and the tools of mass surveillance ...

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the government doesn't have superpowerful code crackers though

it has a guy working at apple who introduces the subtle vulnerability he is instructed to do

No matter the risk, I must carry my smartphone everywhere and install every app. It would be unimaginable to have the urge to look something up, but then wait to do it later until I'm using a real computer. No negative outcome will EVER shake my deep, permanent need to carry a smartphone all the time and use it for as much as possible.