This is also happens to be precisely why state-mandated backdoors cannot be made safe.
(oh look at that, yet another situation that proves either we're all safe or no one is.)
Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware
Spyware and zero-day makers have historically claimed their tools are only deployed by vetted government customers against criminals and terrorists. But for the past decade, researchers at the University of Toronto’s digital rights group Citizen Lab, Amnesty International, and other organizations, have found dozens of cases where governments used these tools to target dissidents, journalists, human rights defenders, and political rivals all over the world.
Exclusive: Apple alerts exploit developer that his iPhone was targeted with government spyware
A developer at Trenchant, a leading Western spyware and zero-day maker, was suspected of leaking company tools and fired. Weeks later, Apple notified him that his personal iPhone was targeted with spyware.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai@lorenzofb@infosec.exchange