planetary paul

> "Non-criminal targets seem to only include those who might criticize a government like journalists, so the average consumer doesn't need to fear this spyware."

Stick out your head above the grass and you should be wary of this kind of tech. Maybe not Pegasus per se, but there are many less sophisticated tools in use too.

Besides, what are "Non-criminal targets"? For most governments all people are potential criminals. And criminals are the ones who may disagree with you.

Tech like Pegasus will never go away because there is a big market for it. The NGO-group is making a killing. That alone puts them above any law.

Is that legal in the EU?

Can't find any of these settings in my T-mobile app here in NL in the EU. I'll have to keep an eye on this.

I doubt this will change anything. So many organisations have bought fully into the MS dream world and they are not going to admit any mistake. Everyone will be very busy putting out this umpteenth fire, but after that it will be business as usual. 

The saying used to be: "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM", and the same goes for Microsoft too. It's the perfect lock-in. And MS IT-departments want to be locked in in order to show the need for their size and budgets. Managements love it because it makes them seem more important. 

So I think same old will remain same old.

I wish Apple had continued building their own back end infrastructure, but they left it to MS. Not good for Apple.

"criminals or petty tyrants like school administrators"

Now that sounds spot-on.

I'm from NL in EU and I had never heard of "Euroconsumers" before. They have a slick website. Looks like a commercial lobby group. Where will those $500M go if they can get their hands on it? Not to me I'm sure ;-)