Pegasus: the spyware technology that threatens democracy

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Published 2021-07-19
Pegasus spyware is capable of bypassing your phone's security and gaining complete access to your device - including emails, messages, GPS location, photos, video, and your phone's microphone.
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A Guardian investigation can now reveal widespread abuse of the Pegasus technology by government clients around the world who purchased the spyware from its Israeli manufacturer — the NSO Group. People who were selected as possible targets include journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders.

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All Comments (21)
  • @heehee4651
    Who needs schizophrenia when you have real life
  • @skipps-4981
    Imagine America's response if this was Iran or Russia, and not Israel
  • @WinchesterBoyy
    if it was a Chinese software everybody goes crazy but since it's mosad so it's like it's okay !
  • Just imagine if Pegasus was from Russia or China how the West will react?!
  • @chrisdoesmusic
    it's almost as if snowden was warning us about this for the last eight year...
  • @gsc8713
    >Israeli surveilance company Thats all we needed to know
  • @PVivekmca
    Pegasus; i can do anything on your phone. Nokia 1100 : you can't hold my beer, Catch me if you can😂😂
  • @98f5
    what a surprise... not like we've actually known about this for TEN YEARS! Thanks Snowden!
  • @bearsbreeches
    Sell it to dictatorships but make them promise they would only use it to investigate criminals. What could possibly go wrong?
  • @MBilal-ne5ov
    NSO Group be like: If I don't hack your phone, someone else will
  • India: China has an evil govt, the CCP spies on it's people. We are the largest democracy. Pegasus: bruh India:
  • @Buddhavibez
    Are we really going to pretend that this hasn’t already been used for years
  • @cekan14
    It is outrageous how unprotected we the general public are against this kind of attacks on our privacies.
  • @Islam101_Uganda
    Imagine if the noise that would exist if China, Russia or Iran had this software
  • @karinafanatic
    Didn’t Edward Snowden told the world what US was doing years ago?!
  • @truth.speaker
    As someone who has paranoia, I just expect my phone to do all this anyway
  • @wilwad
    "Pegasus is probably the most advanced piece of spyware ever developed.." What about Facebook?