Re: A question about Pegasus

grarpamp wrote:

On 8/9/20, Stefan Claas wrote:

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after watching Mr Snowden's YouTube video and reading the following article, I was wondering if a factory reset and a new SIM card would be good enough, or should a compromised mobile device no longer been used and instead one should buy a new one with a new SIM card?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wltrint1JrA https://tech.firstlook.media/how-to-defend-against-pegasus-nso-group-s-sophi...

Assume that malware can exploit phone to write itself to flash in way that persist beyond "factory reset".

Many phones ship from factory with malware already loaded in form of branded manufacturer and/or carrier apps, and various other "partner" and sketchy / unknown crap. Reset does not remove those either.

Assume States, carriers, stingrays, SDR's can all track a phones IMEI and SIM and do baseband / SMS control attacks OTA.

Consider at least iOS or AndroidOne. See also non iRoid feature / flip phones. Then your own stripped android compile install, no Gapps, etc. Then Purism / Librem style phones running Linux / BSD. Then laptops... voice apps, p2p overlays. Then SDR phones, RF comms. Then no phones. Or just get rid of the State, and don't buy from Corps selling closed / insecure garbage.

Depending on your threat case, some of those may be enough to help avoid new phone / SIM.

Thanks a lot for your advise, much appreciated! I will study the options. Regards Stefan -- my 'hidden' service gopherhole: gopher://iria2xobffovwr6h.onion