Discussion
Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware
comboy: *that we know of
ectospheno: Which is infinitely better than the cases we know about without the feature enabled.
827a: Trash headline from TechCrunch; the exact statement from Apple was:> We are not aware of any successful mercenary spyware attacks against a Lockdown Mode-enabled Apple device.
tobyhinloopen: how many users are using lockdown mode
kakacik: "with spyware" - a small addition. What about state actors, what about (semi)private israeli companies selling their solutions happily to all regimes regardless of consequences, what about any other kinds of hacks? As an european, by far the biggest threat to me are US state actors.It would be such a good PR if they could just claim nobody has been hacked, period but I don't see that anywhere.
Braxton1980: Isn't that assumed? Obviously Apple can't check every iPhone owner to see if they have been hacked now or in the past
captn3m0: I was using it till the 26 upgrade on my iOS 13 Mini. Became very sluggish and unusable that I had to disable it. It clearly isn't tested well.
hmokiguess: To the best of my knowledge I too am unaware of any one using Lockdown Mode-enabled Apple device.
politelemon: You won't see that anywhere without their usual procedure of redefining the problem definition.Sorry but you still need to be wary of state actors and the handing over of data to authorities, which is a far simpler approach than breaking security boundaries. The hacking statement is pure marketing.
cebert: Kash Patel should have had this on. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iran-linked-hackers-claim-b...
giancarlostoro: His personal gmail was hacked, how does Apple protect your personal gmail from this? We don't even know how they hacked it. Could be password reuse.
fred_is_fred: A state actor will just kidnap your kids or throw your wife out a window.
chuckadams: The point of spyware is that the target isn't aware of it.
snailmailman: Every day users? Probably not many. It forcibly disables lots of nice-to-have features.But users who need a highly secure phone? It’s entirely possible to use the phone without media embeds in iMessage, or shared photo albums, or websites loading in 900 fonts. It’s a trade off likely worth making in some situations.
ectospheno: You can make a shared photo album with family members. It’s everyone else that is problematic with the feature enabled. In my case I only want to share with my wife and son so it wasn’t a detractor for me.
Jerrrrrrrry: You are replying to a bot
2OEH8eoCRo0: What, all 10 of them?
