Invisible surveillance: How spyware is secretly hacking smartphones

An investigation by a consortium of media organizations has found that military-grade spyware licensed by an Israeli firm has been used to hack smartphones belonging to journalists and others. Read more: wapo.st/3kN343N. Subscribe to The Washington Post on KZbin: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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[@vivaelgato4541]

It's not really "secret". It's just that no one seems to care until it affects them directly.

[@gumgumroy1402]

What can you do about it?

[@korywpage]

Your 100% right

[@vancen1911]

@@gumgumroy1402 Throw away your phone

[@MikeB12800]

I’m not doing anything interesting anyway. They can watch me watching this video on KZbin! How exciting!!!!

[@adiaknin6960]

Vance N i don’t see my life improving if i get rid of technology I’ll take the risk that the government cares about me specifically for some reason

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

NSO: We have thoroughly investigated ourselves and found that we are entirely without fault.

[@mudanesuge]

Hahhahahaha

[@omarelarabi4429]

How daring of them . They lost Ben and Jerry's ice cream and they go berserk, but we are losing our freedom and we are supposed to take it and smile.

[@Magnum-bh5no]

3:28 "we investigated ourselves", no dishonesty there -_-

[@fulanichild3138]

9:00 "NSO Group is on a lifesaving mission" my A$$. NSO Group is on a moneymaking mission.

[@Magnum-bh5no]

@@fulanichild3138 watch on you tube: Rosa koire -2030 agenda 👍

[@Txiv.Tsov.Ev.Ntxawm]

Nice name 357 magnum

[@inactiveaccount4829]

Any and every fact checker’s source of proof ever.

[@Magnum-bh5no]

@@Txiv.Tsov.Ev.Ntxawm thanks, it's not what it appears to be(like our media/government), 357 was my number when I raced motocross, and magnum was a nickname two girls that worked at a store I frequented gave me because "I looked like magnum p.i." 🤷

[@DaveCurrieDesigns]

They don't have to "hack" anything - the spyware is built right in...

[@o.yamaguchi2023]

Yep.

[@antipro6537]

Yep

[@jaredb9523]

So who do u pay to get access to that? Mobile companies? Or hackers? Or Google?

[@juliemanarin4127]

@lance22me really? OMG!! I'm ditching all this technology garbage! I'm old and have nothing so I suppose anyone looking at me would be bored but still.

[@velvetghassemi5901]

Yep

[@frankcastle5737]

The fact that you can basically hire a company, hack a person's phone, and do whatever you want is bone chilling, creepy af, and cyberstalking.

[@cougardee7321]

‘Internet raping’

[@Scho-penhauer]

Edward Snowden said that years ago! And if Angela Merkel was a victim who wouldn't?!

[@CLM2204]

Only one missing link - how can he survive to do whatever he does in a hostile country ... Even the Press knows what he Knows. My focus is more on the future & understanding who We Are, .... as David Ike highLights Open messages from the Galactic Council .. We are nearing the ending of a Major Period and Everything is on A Master Schedule in This Universe

[@mrearly2]

That hag victimizes others.

[@June-tb4vi]

Now there are whistleblowers in the military... Where did they go? Sad days when the military cant be trusted...and the day is here

[@Student0Toucher]

You think Angela Merkel is a victim? Shes another politician and spy on there own people too

[@CLM2204]

@@June-tb4vi Since the Vietnam War, veterans have been committing suicide everyday. There are many who are homeless and there are others who can see what’s going on

[@willlazenby1050]

I consider going back to a flip style "dumb" phone every day, now especially more than ever.

[@anthonylopez6969]

It don't matter. They can still spy on you with satellite, drones, tap calls n text etc. No one is immune to technology. The cat is already out of the bag

[@adiaknin6960]

How is that any safer then an iphone

[@donquixote812]

Try to find one with a major carrier. It's hard

[@corryjookit7818]

@@anthonylopez6969 May as well give up right now he?

[@jessicajuly6188]

If it's not 4 or 5g soon those won't work.

[@thomasmorand7749]

Check out what happens when you email or talk on your cell phone to a friend and mention something like "How do I paint over oil based paint with latex" or say something like "We're thinking of taking a trip to Yosemite National Park this summer." Your KZbin feeds will be about those subjects.

[@godblessacountrygirl5324]

Creepy

[@aria-marie]

My best friend and I notice the same thing, it’s just crazy!

[@juliemanarin4127]

Oh my God...I'm going to try that!

[@talulatree5297]

Yes it happens all the time. 😣

[@juliemanarin4127]

@@aria-marie that's what happens when your country is turning communist.

[@mvnd5652]

this isn't "hacking" if there's a prebuilt backdoor, I fail to see the point of this video when it's blaming the corporations using the backdoor rather than the OS creators who left the backdoor in

[@darkPROTIGY]

It's the government that has the creators built them

[@darkPROTIGY]

*build

[@massinakmin8340]

What are you talking about? The developers did not put a backdoor. It is a zero day exploit. Even whatsapp and apple dont know what the exploit is. If they did know they would patched it a long time ago. Whatsapp sues NSO for doing this. So stop spreading false info.

[@userone6076]

I believe it might be at the hardware level.

[@tactfullwolf7134]

@@massinakmin8340 the US agencies actually do have companies build backdoors for them, and yes it is unrelated to this hack or whatever this video is showing. I believe there was a dispute when Apple didn't want to code one into their phones though at one point. Just saying he's right that there are intentional backdoors coded in specifically for fbi/nsa etc an additional problem to this, is that the tools to abuse the backdoor are also leaked to the hacker community.

[@120offroadllc]

Wise man once said, '' mankind will ultimately destroy himself ''

[@Magnum-bh5no]

Saw a joe rogan video where he said on two separate occasions u.f.o.'s landed at grammar schools and the "aliens" told many kids telepathically that technology will ruin mankind. A.I. and their nephilim microchip technology in the "vaccine" ? The beast system quantum supercomputer ? (Israeli news live)

[@sticksnstonespatriot1728]

"We defeated the wrong enemy" -Patton

[@thisisme3238]

And it's all happening even as we text here and now.

[@jc.1191]

I think more likely than not.

[@Magnum-bh5no]

@@sticksnstonespatriot1728 googled that to understand what patton meant, interesting stuff 👍

[@dingus1655]

When will we as a people acknowledge publicly that we live under tyranny

[@NoName-cz3wn]

You don't live under tyranny. Spend 5 minutes in North Korea. You will kiss Joe Biden's feet and smoke from his sons crack pipe to get home. Why is everything so dramatic with you people? You're just looking for excuses to start killing Americans in the name of "patriotism"

[@TrojanLube69]

@Jackson Hughes That's until illegal becomes what you do "right". Remember laws applies to everyone expect the top 1%.

[@Alkaloid-Odin]

@Jackson Hughes keep doing that until you have no rights left

[@silvercomet5330]

@@NoName-cz3wn because red hats have never experienced tyranny. They spend the majority of their life bitching about it, but don’t realize how good they got it. Enforcing laws to keep others safe (like mandating masks during a pandemic, or banning high caliber weapons from being sold without background checks) is just simple logic. One person messes it up for everyone, so we gotta apply these laws to everyone. And the privacy that people complain about not having in the net, they’re very much responsible for. I mean you got dingus here sharing his thoughts and opinions and most likely the places he visits and the people he meets on his social media accounts. Half of the 💩 the government knows about the people, the people themselves post about it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. (Just like the trump supporters who broke into the US capital. They just couldn’t wait to share it). If that’s tyranny, than North Korea is freedom.

[@bm421]

It’s becoming more and more tyrannical... but as Jen Psucki says, it’s for your own good, I mean the greater good... scary

[@mashy712]

Explains why my battery dies so quick when I don’t use my phone.

[@katrinaellis2378]

Oh yeah.

[@ALT-vz3jn]

No, it doesn’t explain that.

[@richardharris3423]

VERY INTERESTING!!! Lord knows who is using this technology in a nefarious way to cause problems for innocent people. SMH

[@GreyLazy-ny2xg]

FSB, GRU and other terrarist organization of russia Come to 💀russia💀youre phone or notebook will huking automatik then connect to internet

[@y2k42y2k42]

The Bangladeshi government is using it and there have been numerous people missing who have spoke out against the prime minister of the country.

[@karenkattwinkel9690]

Tell us who is using this

[@fanfare100]

This is how it works. It's called outsourcing. Amongst the 5-Eyes and its affiliates, certain acts of espionage on one's country's citizens may be considered illegal under that local jurisdiction, but perhaps not the next & vice versa. So each part of the 5-Eyes and its affiliates will do that for which the other cannot legally do by is legal in its own jurisdiction. They will often pool together their resources and in some agreements not even disclose who done it as long as the job gets done in this multi-national cooperation memoranda of understanding. And this is how the necessary plausible deniability is created. It can all be executed by leveraging legal technicalities. For example, NS0 can claim that they do not surveil American numbers but they could easily do something like place their executable on the cloud and allowing a 3rd party do the actual deed which would be under a blind form of passive tasking where the deed is not directly being assigned to a known 3rd party, and yet the job gets done, utilising their own software. Many an Organised Crime Organisation around the world employ this double-blind Unit of Employment --> Unit of Action --> Unit Cell ... Vision to Mission Planning to Course of Action to Tasking to authenticated reputable pseudonymous feedback using push when convenient and pull when convenient to get the job done. This methodology allows any given individual the opportunity to say: "It wasn't me". Or even: "I didn't do anything illegal". And all participants in this C4ISR System of Systems benefit from this effective Enterprise Architecture of nameless operational entities. This also makes it become untouchable by any local jurisdiction or Civil Liberties Group as it becomes a very difficult task to pin the tail on what donkey actually performed the preemptive espionage of regular every-day citizens. This is all under our own noses.

[@Angiehere-1]

Never do banking on your phone.

[@t.c.b4722]

Or your PC because I'm sure there's a PC version of this spyware.

[@56462]

They make it so you need to do mobile banking.

[@lynnhellweg4794]

@@56462 I don't do any banking or bills on phone or computer. I don't even use a debit card ! All cash ,check, and once in awhile credit card. So that is wrong that you HAVE to. People are just dumb and lazy!

[@56462]

@@lynnhellweg4794 you can avoid it as much as possible an still have your identity stolen, so what does it matter

[@m_t_t_]

Why not? They don’t do this to steal your money

[@tylerdavis3292]

You guys must not have covered the Edward Snowden case when it came to be....An interview with him would have been way more useful and educational than this...

[@RedRum.]

If they would've mentioned Snowden in any way this video wouldn't exist.. Trust me everyone knows what Snowden did he's a hero amongst us civilians

[@thisisme3238]

Snowden did us all a big favor years ago...a lot of us couldn't see it back then, we see it now.

[@lw1017]

The Guardian interviewed him regarding NSO and Pegasus. Day or two ago. I just watched it. Check their channel. Far more informative describing both.

[@youngsquad3868]

I mean you gotta be a goofy to think this wouldn’t happen. You’re carrying around a gps that can track and record everything around it. It kinda surprises me that this is news to people lol.

[@wakenow7612]

People called me crazy for puting tape on my lenses lol. They just admitted that anyone can remotely access your mic and camera at anytime... Idk people are stupid ...what can I say?

[@lebleb9501]

This is why I always believe that criminals can be caught easily with this type of technology but “they” won’t use it for such because we will know the capability they have. Imagine all the traffickers, drug dealers, missing people, mysteries that could be solved.

[@YellowPaint100]

Agreed!

[@nolimittee94]

“They” don’t want to do good!

[@cougardee7321]

The stupidity is when they use spying technology to catch criminals, to find missing people and all tons of good reasons but because of technology people become jobless, do crimes, fighting, stressful and run away to be alone.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Such practice would have to face ordinary juridical system. No court will accept illegally intercepted evidence.

[@lebleb9501]

@@OmmerSyssel yet we know TODAY all our phone messages, social media, etc is tracked. What about Jan 6 and the banks giving FBI credit card information to those who attended the rally? The government uses these tactics when it suits them, but they will not use to help pubic at large.

[@petricor8436]

We’ve known this for years. People just called them conspiracy theorists

[@petricor8436]

@ཧཱུཾ you do realize Snowden was deemed a traitor and is still on the run from the US for whistleblowing.. the media did in fact call them conspiracy theorists until they couldn’t deny it anymore.

[@iwalkincircles2960]

And you are just now figuring this out? They have been tracking us for a long time

[@letmeeatmypizza5302]

You shouldn't phrase it in a negative light like that. You consent to it every time you download an app and accept the terms.

[@iwalkincircles2960]

Negative? Not sure how it's negative. It's true. Yes you do consent to it, but you can also turn those options off or not download those types of apps. But this just shows that you are being tracked and monitored.

[@JamesQHolden]

@@iwalkincircles2960 you're not sure how it's negative we've been tracked? Lolk

[@JamesQHolden]

@@iwalkincircles2960 and no, there's no way to turn off the monitoring, the NSO uses backdoors installed on pretty much all devices

[@adamusamuel]

A pen and an idea is more dangerous to certain entities.

[@bjodaddyo]

Shhh before they ban pens.

[@katrinaellis2378]

Oh. I kept notes.

[@Kungpl0w]

Wait so the people spying on us are warning us about other people spying on us?

[@JohnHoffman65]

This is f-in’ creepy!

[@estelaangeles2346]

I hate electric cars too

[@jimilindley4422]

Not a secret. But at least you've decided to report on it finally. You're just a decade late, nice timing🤣🤣 It's always good to cover your tracks in retrospect 🤷

[@JudgeDreddMegaCityOne]

Wait. Do you actually believe the WP didn't cover that story?

[@topchief777]

A decade? More like at least 20 years. Probably more.

[@sirdiealot53]

Report on it finally?? Wtf? WaPo has been reporting on government spying for decades

[@frankdayton731]

@@JudgeDreddMegaCityOne wait. Do you actually believe this type of sarcastic incredulous questioning is a refutation?

[@JudgeDreddMegaCityOne]

@@frankdayton731 Do I seem like the kinda guy that responds to questions that answer other questions?

[@Godlovesu591]

My friends thought I was weird after saying that I’m switching to a early 2000 flip phone

[@charlesday3090]

Every form of communication is now digital no land lines in use . If so it’s very rare. Anything you or me say in a phone conversation can be found . If it is done through the air. Everything can be traced if it has a connection to internet. Phones are connected through air ( internet). Everything in this world will one day be connected to internet. Billions of chips being made now for this. Clothes you wear, washer at home. My thermostat knows when a person enters the room! ( crazy ) Satan wants to be like Jesus Christ knowing all and being everywhere at the same time but can’t because he is a created angel. He is called the prince of the air . Let me explain something.. just my thoughts… Human blood is made of water.. water conducts electricity… Our brains work with electronic pulse to tell our body to work eat think all emotions have a electronic imprint. This is how they tell if you are alive or not in the hospital when they watch your brain waves. Any thoughts have electronic patterns. Bible says the Antichrist will cause all to take a mark in the hand or forehead to buy and sell. So if a chip is implanted in your hand, you can go to a store in Switzerland and pick up groceries without check out clerks. Chips are in containers and people hand. The chips communicate and the box of cereal you picked up is deducted from your bank account. So why couldn’t that same chip in your hand communicate with the internet on your brain activity telling a super computer your every thought and action?

[@t.c.b4722]

Pretty soon that phone probably won't work anymore. Most carriers are disabling 3G and earlier spectrum from their networks. AT&T is ending 3G support early next year. After that only LTE devices and newer will work.

[@estelaangeles2346]

@@charlesday3090 electric cars are bad too

[@BrandurnPorchiga]

@You Are Censored easier to hack it to lol

[@TheMissingDislikeButton]

But you still leaving comment on youtube

[@CoraFaye]

You can THANK the cell phone providers for allowing this.. They are PAID big $$$$ for this to happen. Big brother bought them out.

[@minnesota7010]

BlackBerry sold out

[@ProceGivesLs]

“Big brother” -🤓

[@rynewinkler]

I haven’t carried a smart phone for 4 years people think I’m crazy. I don’t understand how the majority of people don’t care about being spied on.

[@dizziechef9502]

They would be bored with my photos and anything on my phone.

[@ziwer1]

what if we had a dispute or u have sth I want and I could use it to plant incriminating evidence on ur phone?

[@joeedwards5483]

Your photos look great.and the message about your dad was hilarious.

[@TaylorBlack0]

"All of us live our lives on our cell phones." .... I don't.

[@ProceGivesLs]

didn’t ask

[@milesbredon9355]

Except when it happens to Tucker Carlson, then this doesn't exist and its laughable.

[@Zelmarked]

When you were young you thought you would never become a schizophrenic.

[@solractrades]

I'm not crazy they are

[@jcrosenkreuz5213]

It's not paranoia if someone actually is listening in!

[@speakerofsilentmajority8005]

I was just thinking this exact thing today! It’s so f*ing true and unbelievable!

[@loveworksnoevil]

When I was young I never knew there was no such thing as schizophrenic. Except of course for the ones who took the mark of the beast, yes their definitely the real schitzos, hearing people's thoughts and seeing the demonic and people's spirits or Spirit.

[@loveworksnoevil]

@Bob T took the mark huh?

[@justindarnellfpv]

If someone hacks my phone they are gonna be sorely disappointed 😳

[@johnruiz6743]

So they do? Some people lead uneventful lives? So what's to gain? Intelligence: The old man is taking another dook! 3rd time today, maybe needs some more roughage... Old man: Honey, don't go into that bathroom for at least an hour! That chili lastnight was a belly bomb! 🤣

[@deeh6457]

Yep y’all keep laughing..

[@justindarnellfpv]

@@judaspreistvlct they already have all of that info 🤯 from Facebook to smart meters on your house, they know when you wake up, when you start the coffee and who all of your acquaintances are etc etc etc

[@brodricksheffield]

RIP Jamal. He seemed like a good guy, his buddy may had taken the wrong path in the eyes of many, but Jamal chose to fight in a different way, like his wife said he only carried a pen. Those people who killed him are constantly paranoid and unhappy because they know at any given time a person can easily do the same to them. They may not had received real punishment, but they didn’t get away with it.

[@1sava]

We are living in grave times and really ought to reclaim our rights to digital privacy and sovereignty. Unless we are explicitly served a warrant regarding a crime we are suspects for, we don't deserve to be tracked, stalked and monitored 24/7 365 days. This is surveillance abuse. We have got to come together and demand change.

[@nunisthathigh4825]

And there's a lot of citizens who would agree with you. Unfortunately they are a minority. A large minority, sure, but a minority regardless among the masses who don't care, even up to agree with the erosion of the Bill of Rights. Even the 1st Amendment is eroded in the US (the corporatocracy outsourcing of outside independent media, the criminalization of free press by going after whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden, etc) and most American citizens believe in that.

[@Jupiterxice]

Edward Snowden warned us on this

[@anthonylopez6969]

Not really. We been knew this way before him. He just made the conversation louder 🔊

[@corryjookit7818]

@@anthonylopez6969 I stopped using my Acer smartphone three years ago. I have this tablet and send email or make calls from my landline. I might look out the Acer and give it away to my grandson.

[@t.c.b4722]

@@anthonylopez6969 Snowden is the one who blew the lid off the true scope of the government's mass-surveillance program. We really didn't know that before he leaked it. It definitely made a lot of noise, which is why he still lives in Russia. A lot of people in the USA would like to see him buried.

[@anthonylopez6969]

@@t.c.b4722 trust me. We been knew the government was doing it. You have to be a navie fool to think otherwise lol

[@t.c.b4722]

@@anthonylopez6969 We may have had our suspicions, but very few knew the true scope of the spying before Snowden.

[@molly7625]

I took an abuse awareness course in school years ago and I remember learning about something very similar that was available for the public to buy. It was advertised to be used by employers, parents, partners, etc. I think the only difference was that they had to directly install it onto the phone. Scary stuff

[@highlightsideline8646]

“Hooked into everything, trusted to run it all”

[@markcalkins977]

For the convenience the "device" provides us we knowingly carry something that tracks our every movement in everything we do wether its traveling our surfing the internet.

[@davidkelly3883]

Julian Assange and Edward Snowden said something similar, if I recall correctly. Perhaps you could do a ‘Where Are They Now?’ piece on them.

[@elole707]

Both of them turned out to be hacks for the Russian government.

[@_nickatnite_]

And we all continue to shovel more info into the cloud everyday

[@RoseKindred]

"All of us live our lives on our cellphones." I haven't had a cellphone in the last 9 years.

[@browneye6000]

I'm 55years old, never had one, and don't want one👍👍

[@juanitaskelton448]

Thank you...I know these words are all true...I am a big nobody but I know my phone gets hacked because it does whatever the hacker wants it to do...this alone is frightening. I am a rather boring citizen to surveil. I stay home, go to doctors appointments and text my few friends and acquaintances. I would be no great loss or source of relevant data to anyone. I say that because my life revolved around my little family which was me and my son and my daughter. We do mental health professionals because we have mental health issues. It is not okay to have unchecked or unbalanced power whether you live in a democracy or a monarchy. Power corrupts powerfully. Oversight is something the "overseers" need even more than they know. It would be in everyones best interest to engage in controlling the controllers!

[@hrtlsbstrd]

How confident are you that you are being surveilled in this way? 50%? 90%?

[@rickerhart907]

You spend so much time talking about how boring you are that I believe you're probably a double agent for three different countries

[@skankhunt3624]

Well who would control the people controlling the controllers?

[@MakeupMobster]

If you’re not doing anything shady, you have nothing to worry about.

[@uradragon7823]

How terribly naive you are.

[@MW713]

"They sell it to governments all over the world. " Yeah, The State Department here in the U.S. Anyone else notice the wife's earrings match the picture hanging on the wall next to her? 😁

[@ninjasonmylawn25]

What's with the "Democracy Dies in Darkness" line? Democracy dies on stage with thunderous applause and cheers.

[@alexsloan4976]

Okay padame

[@jeffbrownstain]

@@alexsloan4976 not wrong tho

[@brodricksheffield]

I have been the target of a similar attack for an unknown amount of time, but the technology they have is even more advanced than the one listed in this video. The tech is truly terrifying and I have not told anyone because they would not believe me. I am working to beat addiction right now, and soon will start actively looking to recruit allies to combat this organization. I don’t know if the NSO is apart of this group, but understand when I write you, that everything I say is true. Understand I did my best to not be to extreme, but I was betrayed by a woman named Sekeitha Cox whom I know has connections to this group and she intentionally sabotaged my life. She is in hiding now, but she can be easily found I simply don’t currently have the resources. If I am killed before I form a group to resist them , the organization can be tracked through her. They are arrogant, and that is why they can be tracked. People not with the organization may think i am insane, and maybe I am, but that does not mean I am wrong or lack credibility. I have the date and time of a person attempting to poison my food or make me believe that they were poisoning my food, but it is difficult to gather evidence as they use various people to attack me. I should had stayed clean to fight them a long time ago, but I folded time and time again under pressure and in great times. That is on me, but it doesn’t make me a bad person, it simply is a bad habit that I failed to control. Just because a person uses drugs that does not mean they should be treated like trash or a slave. This may seem incoherent, which is why i have been putting off writing to more people or organizations about the hardships that were forced upon me. I sincerely hope you get my correspondence, but I know it is a chance it could hacked before it gets to someone who would actually fight the organization that attacked me. Nonetheless I have to try, I hope I don’t go down as a villain and I am not trying to be a hero, but somebody has to show these people it isn’t right to judge and conspire in the dark against people who haven’t intentionally hurt anyone.

[@yma9078]

The US government should sanction this company.

[@bbr1133]

The us government killed millions of native Americans as well as native Aztecs and Mayans,as well as Africans more then the U.S ever could

[@BadManN_TheBushes]

One would imagine that all the new "updates " aren't there to help you. They're probably there to ensnare your data more easier😅

[@wakenow7612]

I haven't updated my device in over two years. Some apps don't work anymore which is a blessing in disguise, but it's always the people with security updates that seem to get the worst of the manipulation.

[@ahhwe-any7434]

"Don't they got Better... sh to do?"

[@nlitenurmind]

But the Zuck said he was just trying to bring friends together 😫

[@gabor6259]

He can zuck himself.

[@MrTheguywiththemoney]

I love giving them false information...🤣

[@machkeznho8692]

ditched my cellphone 12 years ago, dont miss it.

[@victoriawilliams2786]

I live on mine. But I'm middle aged and boring as hell. I'm also set in my ways and the products I buy that I easily dismiss ads. Plus I pay for Premium KZbin so that gets rid of the ads on here. Theres one thing that amazes me though, companies pay big money for advertising yet aren't smart enough to figure out that if someone can't afford to pay to have ads blocked how tf are they going to afford the products advertised? Especially vehicles and such. 🤣

[@babagandu]

Ditched underwear 10 years ago ... don't miss it

[@_nickatnite_]

dont worry they have your online presence 😂

[@machkeznho8692]

@Jonathan Cesari Yeah after I got out of the military I decided to simplify my life, I just have a computer to keep current on news and I use it for entertainment I dont even have a TV, no car just got rid of all of it.

[@devilnvf0x212]

Rolling my eyes...

[@gloomzoom546]

This and other ways I am dealing with on a constant basis with my currently separated husband. He knows some really shady people and no matter how much I plea or say to him. He never stops. I can describe to you the specific details symptoms of malfunctions which lead to the attacks. If I described to him that I can literally see him on my phone and I describe to him what I see. He merely changes to a different method of attack. Mentally, I am completely broken down with no avail for help. This is spousal abuse of the worst kind... 🥺😢😞

[@myth4020]

yikes..

[@Opus313]

I spy with my little eye, a hacker on my phone... Yikes!

[@brivnliveslife6109]

What options do I have then if I don't wanna get spied on ?

[@orangeblood307]

Not only can they hack your phone, your car can be hacked... RIP Michael Hastings

[@deondelduca714]

It's not surprising!! I suppose it was almost part of the plan. I use to think cable TV was a way for them to get into our homes. NOW everyone has a phone so they can get to us!

[@estelaangeles2346]

Electric cars are controlled by the evil

[@JLebowski91]

I am really hoping the devices she is showing on camera, are no longer used by Jamals wife. Just showing what brand of phone allows hackers to look for known exploits for that specific technology. I also hope she is in a safe place now. I feel terrible for her and her husband.

[@oneminutewonder77]

Who has a smartphone these days and doesn't know that they're spying on us? Why else will they never get rid of the front facing camera on them?

[@ghostmourn]

This is why the media is so upset about the 'Freedom Phone'

[@GamerMomentsToo]

Crazy how almost a hour ago I watched “eagle eye” for the first time and this is KZbin’s top news for me🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@tarski3939]

Lol. Time to go live in the woods and throw spears at deer for dinner again.

[@wii3willRule]

God, this is the most depressing episode of Black Mirror

[@squidwurdiered1445]

Lmao if someone is watching me all they’re seeing is a bunch of buff naked men and me hyperfixating about germs and praying mantises

[@theundead1600]

Tha hacking part is just the tip. State sponsored censorship seemed laughable till a few days ago. Now it’s very real and possible just for political gain.

[@frankdayton731]

I wonder why the Washington Post won't cover THAT neutrally? Hmmm maybe because they are in on the censorship

[@davidblaisdell9734]

Snowden talks about this daily lately warning us. Our post right now are watched and those who watch this are watched also. No more humanity and privacy!!!

[@victoria19853]

A lot of people are directly affected by spyware on cell phones and people are not doing anything about it.

[@sueleazer6470]

So what can we do about it, short of getting rid of the electronics?

[@D_isco_D_ancer]

How NSO is a company and why the USA does not do everything in its power to destroy that "company"? Why the members of that company are not behind jail or eliminated all toghether?

[@ducks-on-quack]

Lmao the NSA is likely one of their largest customers. Look up the shadow brokers and equation group. The NSA has purchased multiple tools that achieve the same.

[@fernandomedina8713]

It's an Israeli company. The US cannot do anything about it because the technology is also used for good, to fight and combat terrorist threats. Israel sells the technology to vetted countries but then that country can sell it to another country and they may use it for bad. Not fair to jail someone from a company that isn't doing anything wrong. It's the end user that can do bad things with it

[@D_isco_D_ancer]

@@fernandomedina8713 "for good" GTFO

[@bjbinmke]

"Our products, sold to vetted foreign governments, cannot be used to conduct cybersurveillance within the United States........" NSO. That statement is a guarantee that such dangerous surveillance must absolutely occur.

[@Sharroniw]

What gets me is when I'm having a conversation with someone in person and then get ads regarding what I said. Talk about creepy. My friends boyfriend broke up with her over the phone and 10 minutes later she was getting dating apps advertised to her. Creepy!

[@rahimsvoice]

This is why phone makers insist on putting front facing cameras in every new phone even though most people don't need them.

[@nightskyft]

Remember when states had to fight the federal government for their water because the data centers were running lakes and damns dry?

[@jpkjnn6733]

Nope. Tell us all about it. Sounds super relevant to the topic of the video.

[@user-pm5nk1xo5q]

Peppridge farm remembers

[@deeh6457]

@@jpkjnn6733 your ignorance is showing.

[@victoriawilliams2786]

This specifically mentioned iPhone. What ways are utilized on android? Do "they" use the same methods? I'm assuming yes. I'm curious, do they use SMS, text, or email to get in if you never use wifi and use your phone data only? Sorry, but I'm computer illiterate.

[@babagandu]

There was a bug which when some random number called you on WhatsApp, whether you answered or not, it would be able to hack you. They use web links also ... there was an Aljazeera documentary about it

[@geeussery8849]

all the above, the scoop up "everything"!!!

[@juliemanarin4127]

Me too...I also want to know because I'm tech illiterate too!

[@juliemanarin4127]

@@babagandu I've never had that what's app

[@Mizikame]

Android is SIGNIFICANTLY easier to hack than an iPhone. And it also steals ALL DATA from that device and stores it to a DNS Server to be used/sold on The Dark Web *The More You Know!™* 🌠

[@tomdickens7856]

Remember those new terms and conditions you agreed to? This was that.

[@tawryaamariyonna8549]

I got so happy when it said "cannot be used to conduct cybersurveillance within the united states, and no customer has ever been granted technology that would enable them to access phones with U.S numbers" I bet all the non U.S members are speaking💀💀

[@jazandjaxk5051]

China Owns Amerikkka* What Did You Expect?!

[@tomroe7715]

Been knowing they can do this for over 10 years.

[@scuzzlebutt3048]

That’s it I’m going back to cordless phones

[@gokarengo]

I no longer give a damn about being spied on and feel that they must be very bored and stupid to spy on a 60 year old grandmother, that's a USA army veteran and retired. Leave me the hell alone.

[@Wolfe-zl4ld]

I'm just here to remind you about the January 6th insurrection. Have a good day.

[@abbeysomething1352]

@@leannevandekew1996 Was Hilter’s voice silenced ~not a Trump fan but have ya heard POTUS OR THE WH Press Secretary ??? Both parties are NOT FOR AMERICA OR AMERICANS.

[@Grippybananas]

@Nonya BiZz it was a non violent protest

[@victoriawilliams2786]

@@Grippybananas That's why over a hundred cops were injured and Fanone had a heart attack after being tazed several times. 🖕 You think you can gaslight people into believing your bullshit? That makes you just another conspiracy nutjob.

[@darlanewcomb3530]

@@leannevandekew1996 everyone has different thoughts when you say January 6th I think of lovingly toward my husband it is his birthday January 6th

[@grantsmythe8625]

@Nonya BiZz Doesn't matter what you call it just as long as Trump's Mob of Gullibles are getting charged with Domestic Terrorism....and that's exactly what they are being charged with!!

[@MrS22222]

There always was and will always be exploits.

[@sunset758]

All he carried was a pen and his ideas? Sometimes the saying, “A pen is mightier than a sword,” is a threatening reality to those wanting to keep their dark secrets hidden from the world. RIP.

[@jeffreyorr3646]

My Apple I phone hears everything I say , even when it’s off

[@nathanbustamante1479]

An “Israeli private company”…….. seems legit

[@juliemanarin4127]

It's about time someone was watching wicked lying media instead of targeting citizens.

[@badmonkey2222]

It's ironic how you trolls always complaining about the media but your always watching and in the threads, being against free press is fascism.

[@freemarkets8323]

@@badmonkey2222 it's like I've always said: you can't fix stupid

[@estelaangeles2346]

@@badmonkey2222 please dont buy evil electric cars

[@mariejones3913]

If only

[@badmonkey2222]

@@freemarkets8323 got that right 🙄

[@michiganpowerwashingpros9093]

Remember when we used to hear others from other countries tell us the things we are faced with today and how we were ignorant? All seems so surreal now that’s all our faces.

[@killawhatt8620]

Cameras EVERYWHERE,sound detection devices EVERYWHERE. No more privacy Anywhere.

[@baphnie]

Without specific concrete examples, this is fear mongering.

[@LK-po2rb]

Uh, did you miss the entire NSA thing? LOL

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

Nothing secret about it. We all willfully upload our information and more.

[@DigitalDuelist]

How many of you ever use your front facing camera? Why do you think even the cheapest budget phones have them when there's no demand for it from 90% of smartphone users? You'd figure they'd have at least one model without them huh?

[@letmeeatmypizza5302]

pretty brain dead take here.

[@thisisme3238]

They're watching you...front side!

[@sierragreen]

NSO may say the technology is used to fight terrorism and other criminal activity but it undoubtedly relies on the client to decide how any such labels warranting the use of the technology are applied.

[@velo8088]

Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 NKJV

[@johnwalker4642]

A choice to be made. Buddha speaks softly, listen carefully.

[@hoboroller5642]

Potato chip bags can be tracked 😲 look into it 🤫

[@doncarlos5269]

Okay eddie bravo

[@babagandu]

Farts used as smoked signals can be sniffed

[@jeepdan7776]

Next time you have a conversation with your spouse or a friend about replacing maybe your garage door, notice how in a few days there will be an ad for garbage doors on your phone while checking your email or when you open up Google

[@robertd9850]

This is why I still only use land lines with rotary dial phones.

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Tape over camera.

[@babagandu]

Physical switches for camera microphone Bluetooth wifi

[@thisisme3238]

ATLEAST, taping over the camera, they can't watch you!

[@vivien0430]

Try taking photos with your phone camera outside where sunlight are bright, it doesn’t matter how dark the tape is, the phone camera can still capture a pretty good picture. It’s getting clearer and clearer after each software update.

[@diygarygaming]

3:04 I wonder what kind of "special" pictures of his wife he used to look at, when they were away from each-other.

[@alloounou6900]

What he is describing is a backdoor. Very basically, a piece of code left in that gives someone access. This could be from the OS developer (Apple, Google, so on), the manufacturer (Samsung, Motorola, etc) modifying Android to make their product stand out, and app developers dancing around existing security to get access they shouldn't have. All in all, there's an overwhelming surface area that the average person can't possibly account for. Human greed, desire for power or control, and developer errors will likely ensure this is an ongoing problem that only gets easier to exploit as technology gets more complex. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

[@moxdragon1857]

Not true...I gave up my cell phone 4 years ago and it felt/feels wonderful.

[@ls400s]

Who’s behind it. “ our good friends the Israelis”. Talk about Etu Brute!

[@mrearly2]

The Isra-lies are no one's friend.