NSA is able to install spyware on all iPhones

[Ali.Pakistani]

A leaked NSA document proves that the agency is capable of easily deploying spyware on all iPhones and can have access to user data including SMS messages, contacts, and even a user's location by utilizing cell tower information. What's even scarier is that the NSA can remotely access an iPhone's camera and microphone that is infected with the spyware.

According to the leaked intel, the initiative, named DROPOUT JEEP, began in October of 2008. The document delineates that the NSA would need physical access to the device in order to install the software, which doesn't sound too bad.

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However, the German Magazine, Der Spiegel, which also published the DROPOUT JEEP data, believes that the NSA rerouted shipments of brand new iPhones before they went out to consumers to install the spyware.

Even worse, there was some speculation a while back from Edward Snowden, that suggests Apple may have allowed the NSA access to their products. The news was reported by Jacob Applebaum, who has a more detailed lecture (that he gave yesterday) about DROPOUT JEEP and the state of cell phone spyware today. It's harrowing enough to think that the NSA is infecting iPhones without Apple's knowledge. It's even more harrowing if Apple is helping the US government to spy on its customers. We will provide more info on this story as it develops.

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[khan afghan1]

so what if they do
if u have problem dont use iphone

 

[Muawiyah]

I moved to Blackberry 10 after NSA scandal, BB10 is good as well but lacks apps

 

[kayawish]

i also moved to Wiko Darfull Handy.its specs better then s4 and ist only 250 euros in Germany.

 

[TONIC]

I moved to Blackberry 10 after NSA scandal, BB10 is good as well but lacks apps

Same here.....

 

[zain786]

i also moved to Wiko Darfull Handy.its specs better then s4 and ist only 250 euros in Germany.

so you said your wiko what ever phone is not hackable or nsa have no access on this phone????

 

[kayawish]

so you said your wiko what ever phone is not hackable or nsa have no access on this phone????

well , i dint sid that.i am usig Android phonenow which is rooted via xda developers.

 

[gaozaban]

I moved to Blackberry 10 after NSA scandal, BB10 is good as well but lacks apps

Use Qmobile.

 

[Muawiyah]

Android is very awful when it comes to security, Blackberry is best as it is used by all the states and government departments all over the world.

Use Qmobile.

 

[Muawiyah]

and President Obama as well :-)

Android is very awful when it comes to security, Blackberry is best as it is used by all the states and government departments all over the world.

 

[gaozaban]

and President Obama as well :-)

I think black berry is also made in USA. Android is also USA based operating system. It means you are not secure anywhere. Windows is also Microsoft USA operating system.

 

[Muawiyah]

Blackberry is not made in USA :-)

I think black berry is also made in USA. Android is also USA based operating system. It means you are not secure anywhere. Windows is also Microsoft USA operating system.

 

[Muawiyah]

Blackberry is from Canada and used by most of the governments all over the world including Germans, German gov officially prohibited Iphone.

I think black berry is also made in USA. Android is also USA based operating system. It means you are not secure anywhere. Windows is also Microsoft USA operating system.

 

[Humi]

what about Ipads? can NSA spy on them too...:)

 

[Muawiyah]

All IOS and Android devices are vulnerable

what about Ipads? can NSA spy on them too...:)

 

[نادان]

اگر آپ کچھ غلط نہیں کر رہے تو ڈر کہے کا

 

[Night_Hawk]

Apple denies ‘backdoor’ NSA access

(AFP) / 1 January 2014

Apple said on Tuesday it had no “backdoor” in its products after a security researcher and a leaked document suggested the US National Security Agency had unfettered access to the iPhone.

Apple said in an email to AFP that it “has never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone.”

The statement added that “ we have been unaware of this alleged NSA program targeting our products.”
Security researcher Jacob Applebaum described the NSA program based on a purportedly leaked document about NSA access to the iPhone, in comments made in Germany.
Apple said it “is continuously working to make our products even more secure, and we make it easy for customers to keep their software up to date with the latest advancements... and will continue to use our resources to stay ahead of malicious hackers and defend our customers from security attacks, regardless of who’s behind them.”
Applebaum told a security conference in Germany that the program called DROPOUTJEEP allowed the NSA to intercept SMS messages, access contact lists, locate a phone using cell tower data, access voice mail or activate an iPhone’s microphone and camera.
He described it as “an iPhone backdoor” that allowed the NSA to access any iPhone.
The documents were also described in the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
Security researcher Graham Cluley said in a blog post that Applebaum’s presentation and the documents show a “broader range of tools that the NSA apparently deploys against other technology companies and products, including HP (Hewlett-Packard) servers, Cisco firewalls, Huawei routers, and so on.”
But Cluley said the document “does not mean that the NSA has complete control of your iPhone” because physical access to the device would be needed.
“It may be that they have since found unpatched vulnerabilities in iOS to install the spyware onto targeted devices remotely... but that’s not what the leaked documents say,” Cluley said.
Cluley also noted that the document dates from 2008
“Let’s hope that Apple has improved its software’s security since 2008. And if it’s not true, we’ve all got a huge problem,” he said.

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