How Spyware Mercenaries Hack Your Phone
Publisher |
Slate Podcasts
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Business News
News
Tech News
Technology
Publication Date |
Jul 23, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:32:45
This week, Amnesty International and a French journalism nonprofit named Forbidden Stories revealed that technology from a spyware firm called NSO Group is being deployed on a massive scale. The spyware, called Pegasus, gives the user access to every part of a victim’s smartphone -- notes, messages, photos, and recordings.  What’s it like for security researchers to see their worst fears about digital spying play out? And what are they worried about next? Guests: John Scott Railton, Senior Researcher at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor of the Wire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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