We publicly know about tools like Pegasus and competitors Predator, Hermit and I would confidently assume hundreds of other tools that dont publicly advertise themselves. (they all might be using the same handful of 0days for all we know)
There are multiple public price lists for 0days, Crowdfense currently has iOS full Zero Click Full Chain listed as $5m-$7m
And thats a long way to say - thats correct, its insecure. For the price of $7m any adverse of the US (or friendly country, who cares) can read all these government messages (who knows how many more Signal groups exist without the Atlantic editor)
That would be the cheapest way to get US confidential information in the history of spy agencies. The NSA budget is $10B per year
The assumption of anyone should be - everything in my iPhone and Android phone can be read for $7m. The conversations im having in front of my iPhone can be recorded for $7m. Then the only question left is - is the information worth more than that
If the answer is yes, assume your phone is compromised and only talk near it / message using it, information you understand will become public
There are multiple public price lists for 0days, Crowdfense currently has iOS full Zero Click Full Chain listed as $5m-$7m
And thats a long way to say - thats correct, its insecure. For the price of $7m any adverse of the US (or friendly country, who cares) can read all these government messages (who knows how many more Signal groups exist without the Atlantic editor)
That would be the cheapest way to get US confidential information in the history of spy agencies. The NSA budget is $10B per year
The assumption of anyone should be - everything in my iPhone and Android phone can be read for $7m. The conversations im having in front of my iPhone can be recorded for $7m. Then the only question left is - is the information worth more than that
If the answer is yes, assume your phone is compromised and only talk near it / message using it, information you understand will become public