Marco BellacciniFeb 2, 2025
evacide

tl;dr WhatsApp fixed the vuln on the back end, so you don't need to do anything to your phone, up to and including enabling Lockdown mode. Paragon Solutions sucks and you should be mad at them for enabling spying on civil society.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/31/whatsapp-israel-spyware

WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware

The Guardian
Jan 31, 2025 at 11:17pmWeb
Show threadBebadefaboJan 31, 2025
@evacide Whatsapp is owned by Meta, which means by default they are spying on you
Show threadslashFeb 1, 2025
@evacide At some point, the NSA is going to have to take its mission -- securing US computers -- seriously. I'm not mad that opposition forces spy, I'm mad that the US won't take the obvious steps required to stop it.
Show threadStefan ThöniFeb 1, 2025
@evacide It's nonetheless a good idea to switch from Zuckerberg-controlled WhatsApp to Signal or Matrix. Especially if you have the power to convert the people you communicate with, too.
Show threadOrca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Feb 1, 2025
@evacide
enabling Lockdown mode is still good, though 👍