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No one is safe from Pegasus: spyware detected on ordinary people’s phones (cybernews.com)

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Self-scans reveal that Pegasus, an invasive and powerful spyware that can secretly control phones and track owners, might be more widespread than previously thought. It was discovered on the phones of everyday phone users.

From wikiHow: How to Check Your Smartphone for Pegasus Spyware

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[-] sepi@piefed.social 187 points 2 weeks ago

There could be spyware on your phone! Install this shady app to find out if you have the spyware or not!

I wonder if the shady app in the link is the spyware. This would be a brilliant way of getting on to people's phones.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

It worked with antivirus scanning - more than half of Windows PCs have spyware on them their users consciously installed so that it would scan and report what they run.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

All windows PCs have spyware on them by definition

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