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From: WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com>
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Subject: Re: Are iPhones subject to ransomware attacks?
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:24:18 -0400
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On Mar 17, 2024, Sten deJoode wrote
(in article <ut7p0q$10ih8$1@paganini.bofh.team>):

> On 16 Mar 2024 15:35:32 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:
>
> > > > To be successfully attacked by malware, a Mac user must interactively
> > > > download the malware to their computer
> > >
> > > That's dead wrong.
> >
> > Nope, it's correct.
>
> No Jolly Roger. You're dead wrong.
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+zero+click+exploit>
>
> Q: *Why are you dead wrong?*
> A: Because you are ignorant.
> A: Because you're an Apple fanatical nut case.
> A: Because your IQ is lower than half of normal.
> (Pick one to three, but no more than three.)
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/01/03/the-pegasus-wake-up
> -call-iphone-security-in-the-face-of-zero-click-exploits/>
>
> *You never read anything about Apple that Apple didn't feed you*, JR.
>
> HINT: *To own an Apple product is to ALREADY be exploited*, JR.
> <https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-canada-software-hacking-dc3eeb
> af4a4879e8ad714ce03f89e9d9>
>
> Apple's not going to advertise they have twice to three times as many
> zero-day holes as Android has, silly.
>
> It's not in Apple's DNA to tell the truth. (Witness the recent half a
> billion dollar settlement just this week for Tim Cook's recent lies.)
>
> There are very many zero-click exploits in both macOS &  iOS, JR.
> Most of them are in Apple's shitty kernel &  many in the even worse webkit.
> <https://techwireasia.com/09/2023/what-does-the-security-alert-on-apple-softwa
> re-zero-click-spyware-mean/>
>
> In fact, just the known exploits of iOS are ten times that of Android.
> https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
>
> > > There have been *plenty* of zero-day zero-click no-interaction holes
> > > in Apple's operating systems
> >
> > There have been plenty of zero days in *all* operating systems
>
> Idiot. These are Apple newsgroups, Jolly Roger.
> <https://www.popsci.com/technology/zero-click-hacks-explained/>
>
> You're like nospam was, Jolly Roger, before his contract with Apple expired
> (his job was to contradict EVERY SINGLE FACT about Apple products).
>
> Not only does iOS have ten times more exploits than Android, but iOS and
> macOS also have more zero-click exploits (&  getting worse every year).
>
> For you to claim (as you did) that only Apple doesn't have zero-click
> exploits shows how much of a fanatical nut case you are, since nobody who
> isn't a fool would claim like you did above that Apple doesn't have them,
> particularly in the crappy webkit and crappy kernel (which is where most of
> them are).
> <https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-
> exploit-captured-in-the-wild/>
>
> Apple doesn't even know how to write a kernel, for heaven's sake.
> https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/patch-now-apple-zero-day-exploits-
> bypass-kernel-security
>
> The messaging system of Apple also has many of the zero-click exploits.
> https://threatpost.com/pegasus-spyware-uses-iphone-zero-click-imessage-zero-da
> y/168899/
>
> But most zero clicks are in Apple's shitty kernel and crappy webkit code.
> <https://www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/patch-now-apple-zero-day-exploits
> -bypass-kernel-security>

Ah. arlen’s got a new nym. time to update the flag settings.