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I think I understood about 10% of the the deep deep dive blog post explaining this hack but it is super interesting from a technology perspective -- (link)

Posted by kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 (aka kkuphal) Dec 2 '20, 06:04

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/iphone-zero-click-wi-fi-exploit-is-one-of-the-most-breathtaking-hacks-ever/ (arstechnica.com)

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There's always a Raspberry Pi -- nm - budice Dec 2, 06:16 3
- that part I don't understand - what roll does the Pi play in the hack? -- (edited) - decline Dec 2, 06:43 2
  - From what I gather, the Pi is using a pair of off the shelf WiFi adapters to construct malformed packets to Apple devices to exploit a bug in the iOS - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 06:52 1
    - also, in the demo, he used the Pi as a server to receive the stolen photo from the iOS device which the injected code transmitted to it over the air. -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 06:56
I hate dodgy wi-fi packets -- nm* - decline Dec 2, 06:15

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