43: Pegasus Project: Winged Horses for Spyware Courses

As you probably guessed from the title of this episode, this week is all about spyware and the Pegasus project.  This all kicked off when a consortium of 16 media outlets reported the alleged widespread and continuing abuse of NSO’s hacking spyware called Pegasus. The company insists that it is only used against criminals and terrorists – but is it? There’s a lot of depth to this story, and we cover it all.  *** https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/pegasus-project (https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/pegasus-project) https://theconversation.com/how-does-the-pegasus-spyware-work-and-is-my-phone-at-risk-164781 (https://theconversation.com/how-does-the-pegasus-spyware-work-and-is-my-phone-at-risk-164781) https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7b4gg/anom-phone-arcaneos-fbi-backdoor (https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7b4gg/anom-phone-arcaneos-fbi-backdoor)