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It’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phone (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But known exploits that have been patched, but not applied because they didn't update their phone, are plentiful enough.

Update your phones. Reboot them regularly, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

This is true, but becoming an increasingly less important factor because devices now ship with automatic updates enabled by default.

Personally, if I had to guess as someone who studies exploits for a living, I’d wager the device isn’t the most recent model and is probably a few years old, so there are likely known unpatchable bootrom or firmware bugs that can be used from their private arsenal without having to risk an actual zero day exploit.