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Claims that iPhones have been “banned” because of Israeli spyware or that Israeli spyware is embedded on all phones are mixed with well-documented legal and technical fights between Apple and Israeli ...
GrapheneOS began as an open-source, security-focused Android project founded by Daniel Micay in late 2014; it evolved from the CopperheadOS codebase and was announced under the GrapheneOS name in 2019...
Apple sought a legal ban and technical fixes to stop NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware from infecting iPhones after researchers and Apple found it was used to target journalists, activists and officials; Ap...
Apple has repeatedly detected and responded to mercenary Israeli-made spyware — notably Pegasus and later tools tied to firms like Paragon — by fixing exploited iOS vulnerabilities, notifying likely t...
Claims that Israel installed “unremovable” spyware or hardware chips in Foxconn-made phones rest on two distinct kinds of reporting in the public record: (A) forensic research showing malware signed w...
Claims that Hungary and Turkey will ban all Apple phones because "China, Indonesia and Russia confirm[ed] Israel installing unremovable 'spyware' and chips in Foxconn‑made phones" are not supported in...
Multiple Israeli-founded firms are repeatedly identified in reporting as makers of high‑end spyware that can compromise iPhones: NSO Group (maker of Pegasus) and at least two others — QuaDream (REIGN)...
iPhone users can detect and sometimes mitigate sophisticated, state-grade spyware like Pegasus using forensic tools (notably Amnesty/ MVT), Apple’s defensive features (Lockdown Mode and threat notific...
There is no reliable reporting in the provided sources that any country has imposed a nationwide consumer ban on iPhone sales because “Israeli spyware” was found embedded in parts made by Foxconn; fac...
Investigations and court rulings show Israeli-made spyware products such as NSO Group’s Pegasus and Paragon/Graphite have primarily been used to target journalists, human-rights activists, lawyers, di...
There are , but the record is mixed: specific formal espionage accusations against the State of Israel in West African countries are limited and often involve private Israeli firms or indirect ties ra...
Yes — there have been multiple reported incidents and vulnerabilities implicating WhatsApp users, ranging from a large-scale leaked dataset sold online to targeted spyware campaigns and software vulne...