The big picture: Many of us use our phones without living in constant fear that our personal data could be stolen, but a new report should be a big eye opener for many, including big tech. The claims goes that an authentication technique that is used on almost any big cloud service can easily be bypassed by a tool designed by an Israeli company surrounded by controversies related to its ethics.
Earlier this year, news broke that a
vulnerability in WhatsApp allowed a spyware tool to be injected into phones with a simple call that wouldn't need to be answered and also wouldn't leave any trace. The software was architected by a secretive Israeli firm called NSO Group, who is also behind the infamous Pegasus spyware, with a history of selling this kind of tools to governments and intelligence agencies.
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