Pegasus: the spyware technology that threatens democracy

2021 ж. 18 Шіл.
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Pegasus spyware is capable of bypassing your phone's security and gaining complete access to your device - including emails, messages, GPS location, photos, video, and your phone's microphone.
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A Guardian investigation can now reveal widespread abuse of the Pegasus technology by government clients around the world who purchased the spyware from its Israeli manufacturer - the NSO Group. People who were selected as possible targets include journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders.
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  • Find out more about the Pegasus project here ► www.theguardian.com/news/series/pegasus-project

    @theGuardian@theGuardian2 жыл бұрын
    • 0

      @mogesshiferaw6034@mogesshiferaw60342 жыл бұрын
    • Llli8

      @shafiemohammad1200@shafiemohammad12002 жыл бұрын
    • No need for dramatic background music, and cinematic shots, keep documentary look and sound like documentary, not corporate ad.

      @AG-ig8uf@AG-ig8uf2 жыл бұрын
    • Hi can I download that software and hack my girlfriends smartphone 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

      @venomfc2035@venomfc20352 жыл бұрын
    • @Orthographix Well said. It would be nice to see some journalistic integrity but it seems in short supply.

      @THE-X-Force@THE-X-Force2 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine America's response if this was Iran or Russia, and not Israel

    @skipps-4981@skipps-49812 жыл бұрын
    • Well said. Biden would have boiled like a volcano, if it were Iran or Russia.

      @martinmadrazo1781@martinmadrazo17812 жыл бұрын
    • So you really think America doesn’t do the same? At least Israel is not America’s enemy

      @mendyk954@mendyk9542 жыл бұрын
    • @@mendyk954 yes they are

      @user-up3dj3dh5e@user-up3dj3dh5e2 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-up3dj3dh5e got proof? Or just accusation

      @mendyk954@mendyk9542 жыл бұрын
    • The scenario would have been same if they were using it. Just like now, they have been using it for so long.

      @niazahmad350@niazahmad3502 жыл бұрын
  • Who needs schizophrenia when you have real life

    @heehee4651@heehee46512 жыл бұрын
    • Schizophrenia is quite in the real life dude

      @MIOKONE@MIOKONE2 жыл бұрын
    • Who needs news that's 20 years past being news?

      @bloopblooper490@bloopblooper4902 жыл бұрын
    • You don't because you type this comment.....

      @barteatmyshorts8252@barteatmyshorts82522 жыл бұрын
    • @@bloopblooper490 edgy

      @elbo7755@elbo77552 жыл бұрын
    • @@bloopblooper490 everybody, because very few have seen it yet. This needs to go viral but it never has...

      @alanhat5252@alanhat52522 жыл бұрын
  • if it was a Chinese software everybody goes crazy but since it's mosad so it's like it's okay !

    @WinchesterBoyy@WinchesterBoyy2 жыл бұрын
    • Not many have the strength and courage to oppose isreal tbh and there is really no proof about what they do and did behind any of the scenes.

      @jugalpratimdas8908@jugalpratimdas89082 жыл бұрын
    • Because of USA

      @tajulislam9718@tajulislam97182 жыл бұрын
    • Mossad didn't spread Covid...though ,but 🇨🇳 ppl spreaded it.

      @homefrontsai@homefrontsai2 жыл бұрын
    • I prefere a quasi-democracy to spy on me, rather a dictatureship, because I don't want to live in a dictatureship

      @kv6257@kv62572 жыл бұрын
    • @@homefrontsai who said anything about covid. We're talking about Mossad's unit 8200 and the NSO Group they founded

      @PalCan@PalCan2 жыл бұрын
  • Just imagine if Pegasus was from Russia or China how the West will react?!

    @aajabbinmagosh5509@aajabbinmagosh55092 жыл бұрын
    • Israel developed it coz they have to survive. Anyone would do anything to survive from predators..

      @jibyjacob7@jibyjacob72 жыл бұрын
    • @@jibyjacob7 that's so hypocritical. Doesn't China and Russia have a threat from the US?

      @ShivaKumar-yy6zr@ShivaKumar-yy6zr2 жыл бұрын
    • @@ShivaKumar-yy6zr They do, I was very specific about Israel, their situation is different. What happens when India stops monitoring situation in Kashmir?

      @jibyjacob7@jibyjacob72 жыл бұрын
    • @@jibyjacob7 what situations? They gave pegasus to dictatorships who spied on their people. But hey it's israel.

      @rainmanhart2809@rainmanhart28092 жыл бұрын
    • @@rainmanhart2809 Is that their problem? It's a private company ..

      @jibyjacob7@jibyjacob72 жыл бұрын
  • it's almost as if snowden was warning us about this for the last eight year...

    @chrisdoesmusic@chrisdoesmusic2 жыл бұрын
    • You think ? 😂😂

      @jamesmiller3639@jamesmiller36392 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @lesleyhogg2495@lesleyhogg24952 жыл бұрын
    • Nothing to be with worried about citizen. As the Guardian, our angel of truth, explains, this occurs in other countries, not here.

      @shivab4241@shivab42412 жыл бұрын
    • But remember, it's bad when individuals hack your phone, but when the Government does it, its for our protection....🤔

      @melissaoderante6815@melissaoderante68152 жыл бұрын
    • @@shivab4241 Nice. I can feel the sarcasm dripping off that!

      @lesleyhogg2495@lesleyhogg24952 жыл бұрын
  • what a surprise... not like we've actually known about this for TEN YEARS! Thanks Snowden!

    @98f5@98f52 жыл бұрын
    • Yup and as per Snowden the uk government created the snoopers charter back in like 2011 to do this legally.

      @notreal1477@notreal14772 жыл бұрын
    • Even Snowden said this goes beyond what he warned against.. Watch his short KZhead interview with the Guardian about this spyware today.

      @humanbeing8272@humanbeing82722 жыл бұрын
    • @@humanbeing8272 reply he's just trying to rally people again. This is exactly what he warned against back in 2013. The spyware isn't impressive nor novel. It's just a rootkit for iOS and Android but it's been marketed to clients in the way Adobe markets Photoshop. This seems to be some sort of coup.

      @DARKSHREK000@DARKSHREK0002 жыл бұрын
    • I don't know how many hidden spy software still working now???

      @Akshaykumar-jc3ci@Akshaykumar-jc3ci2 жыл бұрын
    • This leak will be attributed to John McAfee in the coming days and weeks.

      @ronswanson1444@ronswanson14442 жыл бұрын
  • >Israeli surveilance company Thats all we needed to know

    @gsc8713@gsc87132 жыл бұрын
    • ha true!

      @LegendNinja41@LegendNinja412 жыл бұрын
    • Its a private company, not a company that controlled by the Israeli government,like Rafael or ELTA Systems.

      @eld2268@eld22682 жыл бұрын
    • @@eld2268 ???

      @naceraher9632@naceraher96322 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah. It obviously works

      @jmus6494@jmus64942 жыл бұрын
    • 🏐 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE, HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE GUARDIAN ON U-TUBE🏐

      @pramilashaktawat4429@pramilashaktawat44292 жыл бұрын
  • Pegasus; i can do anything on your phone. Nokia 1100 : you can't hold my beer, Catch me if you can😂😂

    @PVivekmca@PVivekmca2 жыл бұрын
    • 🔴 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE, HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE GUARDIAN ON U-TUBE🔴

      @pramilashaktawat4429@pramilashaktawat44292 жыл бұрын
    • Govt. no need pegasus for that, calls & sms from a 1100 can already be spied by the cell network & the govt. cz there's no encryption whereas internet traffic is encrypted

      @yasirsaheed@yasirsaheed2 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

      @hhdgdhum@hhdgdhum2 жыл бұрын
  • Sell it to dictatorships but make them promise they would only use it to investigate criminals. What could possibly go wrong?

    @bearsbreeches@bearsbreeches2 жыл бұрын
    • not all of their costumers (hungary and mexico) are dictators, even they have some tendecies.

      @nonypomina7165@nonypomina71652 жыл бұрын
    • They knew lmao

      @ahmadswalihck@ahmadswalihck2 жыл бұрын
    • Capitalism doesn't consider the ethical implications, it's only motivating goals are profit, and shareholder satisfaction, both of which things more sales results in greater amounts of. Capitalism must end to see the end of such things.

      @567secret@567secret2 жыл бұрын
    • Guess what, the biggest criminal in the world is a country called USA.

      @HC-fv5cp@HC-fv5cp2 жыл бұрын
    • @Mao Oba Zedong heading towards totalitarianism if not complete dictatorship, cant even call it authoritarian cuz its already that on this point

      @saif5428@saif54282 жыл бұрын
  • Are we really going to pretend that this hasn’t already been used for years

    @Buddhavibez@Buddhavibez2 жыл бұрын
    • it has been, the israelis have sold it to saudi and others, and have been doing so for years, several associated press and al jazeera reporters were targetted

      @wonky3854@wonky38542 жыл бұрын
    • Pretend? Did you watch the video? It explained how and from where this has been going on for years.

      @michaelc3977@michaelc39772 жыл бұрын
    • The US also hypocritically gathered their allies on China and Russia. But then turns a blind eye to this. Same with PRISM same with ECHELON.

      @TheZachary86@TheZachary862 жыл бұрын
    • It's almost like that's the story here.

      @tams805@tams8052 жыл бұрын
    • @ Costa - LOL, I was thinking the very same thing, anyone that is feigning shock, indignation and surprise, cmon folks. This stuff has been going on for a long while. They don't call it data harvesting for nothing.

      @TheGQBrotha@TheGQBrotha2 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine if the noise that would exist if China, Russia or Iran had this software

    @Islam101_Uganda@Islam101_Uganda2 жыл бұрын
    • Israel developed it coz they have to survive. Anyone would do anything to survive from predators..

      @jibyjacob7@jibyjacob72 жыл бұрын
    • SpeakTruth survive in land they stole ? That makes no sense

      @RichHandsome@RichHandsome2 жыл бұрын
    • @@RichHandsome Ignore the paid ZioCon troll. 😎😆

      @davidbolha@davidbolha2 жыл бұрын
    • @@davidbolha Truth hurts and it will stay strong regardless of some haters. Strong with Israel.

      @jibyjacob7@jibyjacob72 жыл бұрын
    • @@jibyjacob7 Guess you never heard of Revelation 3:9 & John 8:44... Or the Balfour Declaration or the Haavara Agreement.

      @davidbolha@davidbolha2 жыл бұрын
  • It is outrageous how unprotected we the general public are against this kind of attacks on our privacies.

    @cekan14@cekan142 жыл бұрын
    • Cell phone eavesdropping is ridiculously easy to beat. When an individual seems iron clad privacy: A) toss the cell phone into your refrigerator B) Place a small sticker in front of camera lens. C) Don't speak about any sensitive issues via your cell.

      @freedeliveryprinting3100@freedeliveryprinting3100 Жыл бұрын
    • It's because half the population is okay with this.

      @daMillenialTrucker@daMillenialTrucker Жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, but i would be gracefull if they prevent another church bombing in my country. I guess a small price to pay.

      @Kevin-fj5oe@Kevin-fj5oe Жыл бұрын
  • Didn’t Edward Snowden told the world what US was doing years ago?!

    @karinafanatic@karinafanatic2 жыл бұрын
    • Yes. And he was condemned for it by Americans. He was more popular abroad though.

      @stuffenjoyer2223@stuffenjoyer22232 жыл бұрын
    • That's WHY Snowden is ANTI-SEMITIC.

      @cinemaparadiso5402@cinemaparadiso54022 жыл бұрын
    • @@karinafanatic You don't seem to know much. :)

      @jsmnzgb@jsmnzgb2 жыл бұрын
    • More like have you seen what China was doing years ago?

      @SquidCena@SquidCena2 жыл бұрын
    • @@SquidCenano, we all learnt a lot from CIAs and MI6 🤣 Ask Denmark who were spying European leaders for the US, they know it well

      @karinafanatic@karinafanatic2 жыл бұрын
  • This is literally a crime against humanity.

    @DissociatedWomenIncorporated@DissociatedWomenIncorporated2 жыл бұрын
    • Israel been committing all kind of crimes for decades and get away with it coz usa is behind them.

      @billybla@billybla2 жыл бұрын
    • 100% War crimes and many more

      @esotericvv1244@esotericvv12442 жыл бұрын
    • 100% right

      @noormuzamil9850@noormuzamil98502 жыл бұрын
    • hmm not really ,its just nature at work , its called jungle law

      @tothepoint4080@tothepoint40802 жыл бұрын
    • I'm selling guns to the police. Am I a criminal? I sell beautiful Knife to the whole world Am I a criminal?

      @mazdoom9279@mazdoom92792 жыл бұрын
  • NSO Group be like: *If I don't hack your phone, someone else will*

    @MBilal-ne5ov@MBilal-ne5ov2 жыл бұрын
    • 🤣

      @NusratJahan-xz7jj@NusratJahan-xz7jj2 жыл бұрын
    • Jacob will be proud

      @FeRoOOo71@FeRoOOo712 жыл бұрын
  • India: China has an evil govt, the CCP spies on it's people. We are the largest democracy. Pegasus: bruh India:

    @freeinternet6582@freeinternet65822 жыл бұрын
    • Till now no proof have came out, stop such allegations

      @oksowhat@oksowhat2 жыл бұрын
    • no proof

      @singatakberpura@singatakberpura2 жыл бұрын
    • US: the land of free But every phone in US , every social media are in surveillance

      @tonystark-iv1md@tonystark-iv1md2 жыл бұрын
    • Genuinely asking, is there a substantial proof of pegagus being used by the current government on oppositions?

      @puneet7768@puneet77682 жыл бұрын
    • @@puneet7768 nope even now amnesty international has denied having a list its just who they think and not clear cut proof

      @singatakberpura@singatakberpura2 жыл бұрын
  • Easy solution : get an old Nokia.

    @dmomcilovic9185@dmomcilovic91852 жыл бұрын
    • Lol nokia 62.10 😆

      @ghosthouse5625@ghosthouse56252 жыл бұрын
    • People think this is a joke, suprisingly youll be far happier witgout a smartphone. I personally love the retro look too.

      @LolLol-pq5fp@LolLol-pq5fp2 жыл бұрын
    • D Momcilovic - I remember my old 3300 - I marvelled at it's no-aerial form....in the mid-late 90's!!!

      @journeyintococo6996@journeyintococo69962 жыл бұрын
    • Or a phone with Linux

      @tommorgan7599@tommorgan75992 жыл бұрын
    • Not funny

      @ashiq549@ashiq5492 жыл бұрын
  • As someone who has paranoia, I just expect my phone to do all this anyway

    @truth.speaker@truth.speaker2 жыл бұрын
    • It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you.

      @emma24ism@emma24ism2 жыл бұрын
    • Accept that it does already and then you sleep better

      @antwango@antwango2 жыл бұрын
    • I hope they waste time reading all my bad fanfics

      @Journey_Awaits@Journey_Awaits2 жыл бұрын
    • Lolllll

      @PooftMancrap@PooftMancrap2 жыл бұрын
    • As someone who has paranoia, thats why I never bought a "smart"phone... You're really not paranoid, if you do the things you're scared of...

      @ssjwes@ssjwes2 жыл бұрын
  • Its not threatening to democracy, it is the dark side of democracy.

    @theobserver6755@theobserver67552 жыл бұрын
    • Yes democracy dictatorship monarchy all are same side of coin. Only elites can rule

      @thehat4215@thehat42152 жыл бұрын
  • "Pegasus is probably the most advanced piece of spyware ever developed.." What about Facebook?

    @wilwad@wilwad2 жыл бұрын
    • Facebook is far more widespread, but not as advanced.

      @QazCetelic@QazCetelic2 жыл бұрын
    • No,Pegasus is low tech spying method, someone can actually hack you or my brain and body.

      @IIO7142@IIO7142 Жыл бұрын
  • Government spying on my phone? Hope they laugh at the memes I send

    @mcdj99@mcdj992 жыл бұрын
    • XD theyre loving the Trump and Biden ones

      @antwango@antwango2 жыл бұрын
    • Yep 😂😂😂😂

      @PooftMancrap@PooftMancrap2 жыл бұрын
    • Yes and they can use it against you to blackmail you if you dare to speak out

      @thehat4215@thehat42152 жыл бұрын
    • they don't

      @fetB@fetB2 жыл бұрын
  • Not only has Western society failed to fight for our privacy, rights, and freedoms; we've willingly given them up and accepted this.

    @needmoreramsay@needmoreramsay2 жыл бұрын
    • Our ignorance and apathy is our consent.

      @aminostruth3494@aminostruth34942 жыл бұрын
    • its pretty hard to form a cohresive unified front while half the population are crying about a tiny minoirty of the population and far right conspiracy theories.

      @trickledowneconomicsfail7127@trickledowneconomicsfail71272 жыл бұрын
    • You can only accept it if you aware of it.

      @REALASUNDER@REALASUNDER2 жыл бұрын
    • Given up? More like sold them to the highest bidder…

      @mariolisa2832@mariolisa28322 жыл бұрын
    • That's capitalism for you. No privacy under capitalism.

      @Etaoinshrdlu69@Etaoinshrdlu692 жыл бұрын
  • Gee, the Israeli government is more upset about ice cream than this monstrosity.

    @anthonyd4341@anthonyd43412 жыл бұрын
    • No tech companies operates in Israeli without the approval of the government NSO is a Mossad front.

      @Frankishsaxon89@Frankishsaxon892 жыл бұрын
  • WoW.🙏🏼 I'm a middle aged man, and my SON told me to contact these *MINSLEGEND,* and all I can say is the kids are alright. That this is what is going on on Instagram gives me hope for the future of humanity. Well done👏🏼

    @joelfisher1158@joelfisher1158 Жыл бұрын
  • I build, repair and maintain PCs as an occupation and every time someone asks me about privacy, my copy-paste answer is: "if you care about privacy, first of all always read the manual of your apparatus and the terms of service for anything you use on it". It's a conversation killer.

    @lolitaras22@lolitaras222 жыл бұрын
    • Why not make it even more concise and respond with "What privacy?!" There is a backdoor to everything, esp that which us mere peons have access to. The only way to guarantee privacy is to communicate in the ol' fashion analogue way.

      @aminostruth3494@aminostruth34942 жыл бұрын
    • @@aminostruth3494 There are other ways toο, but I pointed to the fact that most people don't want to delve even into rudimentary information.

      @lolitaras22@lolitaras222 жыл бұрын
    • If you want anything kept private on a computer, simply never put it online or connect to any online networks, and don't connect any drives with the data to any online devices. As soon as you are online, assume privacy is gone because no matter how good your expertise, or ethical and secure your OS and software is, there is always the risk that it can be bypassed. Even security services ultimately know who you are, when you use a VPN they have your details and can you really trust them to use them responsibly and lawfully? Never underestimate the weakness of people, especially when it comes to greed and threats to their livelihoods.

      @EgoChip@EgoChip2 жыл бұрын
    • So instead of being helpful you give them a jackass answer.

      @MrGold-lo6vc@MrGold-lo6vc2 жыл бұрын
    • @@MrGold-lo6vc No friend, it's a joke to summarize the general underestimation of privacy risks. I'm a professional, I conform to the will and needs of my clients. If they want to be secure or at least care about it, of course, I advice them, it's my job the last 25 years. You know, most of my clients when the bell rings for the shortest of possible tech lessons, they just react REALLY NEGATIVLY, they don't want to go there. They don't want to learn about (fuck privacy, which is a vague term for most of the people) keyboard shortcuts and workflow solutions that will reduce timelines and enhance productivity. That's the real life.

      @lolitaras22@lolitaras222 жыл бұрын
  • Pegasus and prism going back to Edward Snowden that was reported 10 years ago also the fact that AT&T and Verizon was recording all of their subscribers phone calls and data and the list goes on and on and on

    @junbug1love@junbug1love2 жыл бұрын
  • Remember , if you study computer science since it’s beginning, you can create your own hardware and software and be completely anonymous .

    @__Fat__Joey_Crack__1998@__Fat__Joey_Crack__19988 ай бұрын
  • I found this to be especially concerning because of the scary background music

    @tommccann7552@tommccann75522 жыл бұрын
    • It's ANTI-SEMITIC to criticize spywares

      @cinemaparadiso5402@cinemaparadiso54022 жыл бұрын
    • I found the music very soothing.

      @notinterested8452@notinterested84522 жыл бұрын
    • I think they can't do this en masse, so it's like a panopticon style hustle.

      @cornholiothefirst2018@cornholiothefirst20182 жыл бұрын
    • HandRubbing.apk downloaded. Would you like to open the app ? 😆😅

      @davidbolha@davidbolha2 жыл бұрын
  • The thousands of people that was spied on should be able to sue the company, Israel, politicians and government officials using Pegasus.

    @tsprague67@tsprague672 жыл бұрын
    • nice joke

      @tothepoint4080@tothepoint40802 жыл бұрын
    • It's ANTI-SEMITIC to sue spying companies.

      @cinemaparadiso5402@cinemaparadiso54022 жыл бұрын
    • @@cinemaparadiso5402 😂😂 well played

      @Mirsab@Mirsab2 жыл бұрын
    • You are antisemitic, problem solved

      @LHKKKing@LHKKKing2 жыл бұрын
    • you cant sue a country for something a private company has supposedly has done. if so china Russia u.k and USA would be absolutely broke

      @eden5260@eden52602 жыл бұрын
  • The old style notebook by pen writing is the only secured way.

    @atikurrahman3933@atikurrahman39332 жыл бұрын
  • NSO: Our technology is helping to fight terrorism, gun violence, serious crimes. Whose definitions are those? NSO and its clients, of course

    @nafinaf7937@nafinaf79372 жыл бұрын
  • They should also add US regime with Prism surveillance.

    @danverochraner6659@danverochraner66592 жыл бұрын
    • ^^^^This^^^^ This vid is not telling us anything new!!! The US is doing all of this and more! The US the biggest culprit and more.... why else Snowdon and Assange

      @antwango@antwango2 жыл бұрын
    • @@antwango this is more sophisticated than anything produced in the USA so USA is a customer

      @alanhat5252@alanhat52522 жыл бұрын
    • big words

      @tothepoint4080@tothepoint40802 жыл бұрын
    • @@antwango China shill detected

      @klax001@klax0012 жыл бұрын
    • @@antwango Well, you don't seem to have any idea what you're talking about so surely this video can tell you something new.

      @jsmnzgb@jsmnzgb2 жыл бұрын
  • I guess because of these smart phones, there's no such thing as private life, unfortunately

    @user-ik4rw5rz3m@user-ik4rw5rz3m2 жыл бұрын
    • You don't need a smart phone. It's entirely possible to function without one, but they don't want people to realise this. I don't own one.

      @EgoChip@EgoChip2 жыл бұрын
    • @@EgoChip it's entirely possible to function without electricity, duh

      @ta_93@ta_932 жыл бұрын
    • @@EgoChip But, presumably, you're still on some sort of personal computing device, using an account on a Google-owned platform.

      @Arado159@Arado1592 жыл бұрын
    • @@Arado159 But you can realize this in a quite secure way. You can use VPNs or the tor browser to hide your identity. Or use open source operating systems to not have some government backdoor. With a phone .. you have to use the proprietary software that comes with it. And you are pretty much completely vulnerable and exposed to what Apple or some other company does with your phone. You can’t even access the hardware on most devices to see what’s in it..

      @martinsauer8856@martinsauer88562 жыл бұрын
    • Without smartphone you can't comment

      @roger733@roger7332 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine if this was a Chinese company. Sanctions would fly everywhere but because it's Israeli, don't even expect any talks of sanctions.

    @YanLi-ez2it@YanLi-ez2it2 жыл бұрын
    • exactly!

      @WinchesterBoyy@WinchesterBoyy2 жыл бұрын
    • ANTI SEMETISM WAAAAA

      @elshanks1578@elshanks15782 жыл бұрын
    • The difference is that it's a private company working for its personal economic gain, it's not a technology sanctioned or commanded by the Israeli government. There are many companies in democratic countries working to undermine democracy by exporting horrendous things such as poison gas components (German companies in Iraq and Syria), nuclear components, spyware and of course weapons into dictatorial countries. That however is a very different thing than a dictatorial government perpetrating those hacks themselves like Russia does. Russia is so infamous that it is even blacklisted by the Pegasus creators. Their blacklist includes 20 countries, so only the worst of the worst offenders imaginable. The Israeli government isn't really at fault here unless you want the Israeli government to completely ban this company from doing what it does. Few governments ever ban unethical practices of private companies, Israel just isn't an exception. Considering how many lobbyists are lobbying Israeli governments to further the interests of cyber-startups, this is unlikely as internet technology startups are an incredibly important economic factor in Israel, saying many of its jobs.

      @mardasman428@mardasman4282 жыл бұрын
  • And this is why we need to go back to the era when we did not have smart phones. Ditch the smart phones!

    @James-vk5ov@James-vk5ov2 жыл бұрын
    • was thinking the same after listening about this pegasus scandal

      @NusratJahan-xz7jj@NusratJahan-xz7jj2 жыл бұрын
  • man even their logo is straight out of "evil corpo" fiction

    @idoltrash2353@idoltrash23532 жыл бұрын
  • Digital "privacy" has ALWAYS been an illusion. Nothing's changed.

    @thomaswarren2699@thomaswarren26992 жыл бұрын
    • not just digital , but always has been ,, spying was always there

      @tothepoint4080@tothepoint40802 жыл бұрын
    • Agreed

      @lindabergman3127@lindabergman3127 Жыл бұрын
  • Black Mirror will become a historical documentary series soon.

    @gabor6259@gabor62592 жыл бұрын
  • There is always an alternative; abandon your smartphone...

    @Nines_Rodriguez@Nines_Rodriguez2 жыл бұрын
  • We living inside a horror movie.

    @sfisothecreative@sfisothecreative2 жыл бұрын
    • Its a nightmare and much worse than you think.

      @derelictmachine9401@derelictmachine94012 жыл бұрын
    • not really , u just watch too much tv.

      @tothepoint4080@tothepoint40802 жыл бұрын
    • @@tothepoint4080 are you for real??? I'm shocked 😱

      @sfisothecreative@sfisothecreative2 жыл бұрын
    • @@derelictmachine9401 True that, way worse.

      @sfisothecreative@sfisothecreative2 жыл бұрын
    • @@sfisothecreative leave that mobile, turn off tv ,talk to your family ,enjoy with kids. then tell me who was spying on you. do this reply in a month. these spy,bad govt, this wrong ,that wrong .will always be there. you can keep arguing its not fair .but wont change a thing

      @tothepoint4080@tothepoint40802 жыл бұрын
  • This reminded me of the movie, Enemy of State starring Gene Hackman and Will Smith. We have come a long way!

    @AmbedkarToday@AmbedkarToday2 жыл бұрын
    • No we havent come along way! Technology and the people who abuse us have

      @antwango@antwango2 жыл бұрын
    • Gene Hackman and Will Smith will be wondering how it feels now that it exist in the real world

      @ernestabor@ernestabor2 жыл бұрын
    • Technology came a long way

      @slavakulishko3771@slavakulishko37712 жыл бұрын
    • It's ANTI-SEMITIC to criticize spying

      @cinemaparadiso5402@cinemaparadiso54022 жыл бұрын
  • I’m surprised that The Guardian isn’t running a story on how great this surveillance project is for us. You don’t have to read 1984, you can actually live it 👍💪🏿⭐️

    @jimmyjcrackdabomb9178@jimmyjcrackdabomb91782 жыл бұрын
    • Why are you suprised?

      @nickwoolley7368@nickwoolley73682 жыл бұрын
    • It's l;ike theyhave a shred of integrity.

      @queefman6285@queefman62852 жыл бұрын
  • Been over a year, please update us with the investigation, what progress has been made, and moves ya'll made. Too many humans are still being affected today in many aspects of their lives.

    @targetedinvancouver4984@targetedinvancouver4984 Жыл бұрын
  • You can factory reset your phone, change your phone number, get a new phone, cover your cameras when not in use, block your microphone with some of that putty people use for cleaning electronics, and store your phone in a case, bag or box designed to block signal (metals will do this and there are products purposefully designed for this purpose). Just some ideas that came to my mind while watching this. 🙃

    @dave9401@dave94012 жыл бұрын
  • If you haven't seen Person Of Interest (POI) it'll give you some idea of where were heading.

    @juzzlookin@juzzlookin2 жыл бұрын
    • That was a good show. That thought had crossed my mind when I was watching it, Its seriously scary.

      @EgoChip@EgoChip2 жыл бұрын
    • makes you wonder what made them create a show based on this, the creation of social media and messaging apps was for the intent of tracking us in my opinion,

      @brianm9902@brianm99022 жыл бұрын
    • Where can we watch POI

      @PalCan@PalCan2 жыл бұрын
    • @@PalCan It was on Netflix, but no longer is sadly.

      @EgoChip@EgoChip2 жыл бұрын
  • Isn’t this just the US sharing prism with Israel and Israel taking credit for it ? Or am I missing something

    @nicksurfs1@nicksurfs12 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah you are right

      @whatthe.4703@whatthe.47032 жыл бұрын
    • The 'thing' you are missing is antisemitic.

      @LHKKKing@LHKKKing2 жыл бұрын
    • @@LHKKKing your mom

      @cbgames3945@cbgames39452 жыл бұрын
    • The thing ur missing is this was probs a Israeli creation rather than being made with us involvement

      @ironinventor9528@ironinventor95282 жыл бұрын
    • They are taking credit though we've collabed before e.g stuxnet.

      @danirey425@danirey4252 жыл бұрын
  • Mobile manufacturers cannot find the zero day vulnerability but the guardian journalists can lol

    @unconsciously4656@unconsciously46562 жыл бұрын
  • It's mind boggling government agencies allowed the company to sell the software.

    @soopademus1@soopademus12 жыл бұрын
    • Wtf is so mind boggling about this?! These governments have just as much integrity

      @HeywoodJablome28@HeywoodJablome282 жыл бұрын
    • ​@@HeywoodJablome28you're a buffoon for believing that load of tripe.

      @MarquosXoloVanda@MarquosXoloVanda Жыл бұрын
  • Let’s not act like the government haven’t been doing this for decades

    @MichaelJ44@MichaelJ442 жыл бұрын
    • True it's a non story

      @BlackRose-vi2yg@BlackRose-vi2yg2 жыл бұрын
    • i didnt have a smartphone 'decades' ago, and every similar thing is not the same.

      @nonypomina7165@nonypomina71652 жыл бұрын
    • To a degree, yes, but not on this scale.

      @wave9519@wave95192 жыл бұрын
  • Why every time an Israeli government or one of its companies does nasty things when they are criticized, they keep saying "it's an anti-Semitic or anti-Israel" campaign.

    @kanestone4576@kanestone45762 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks, Team Guardian, for quality coverage!

    @DougGrinbergs@DougGrinbergs2 жыл бұрын
  • I'm highly surprised The Gaurdian is reporting this. Especially since its coming from Israel.

    @james87367@james873672 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, but now I have a new respect for the paper

      @user-up3dj3dh5e@user-up3dj3dh5e2 жыл бұрын
    • Guardian is literally one of the most anti-Israel publishers, although this has nothing to do with the state, why wouldn't they?

      @eden5260@eden52602 жыл бұрын
    • @@eden5260 the state is aware of their dealings around the world, the same way China is aware of Huawei’s activities or Britain is aware of its arms companies’. Israel is no better than any other authoritarian state trying to blackmail democratic politicians and activists around the world. Similar business has been seen with Mossad agent Jeffrey Epstein’s intriguing work or former international mobster Meyer Lansky’s

      @user-up3dj3dh5e@user-up3dj3dh5e2 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-up3dj3dh5e absolutely nothing is wrong with Huawei activities that's where your argument is lacking, it is the ccp that is forcing Huawei to let the government use their tech for the ccp benefits.

      @eden5260@eden52602 жыл бұрын
  • Al Jazeera did a brilliant documentary on this long ago. You are late to the party, Guardian!

    @BillyPhilipRwoth@BillyPhilipRwoth2 жыл бұрын
    • this is not a compition.

      @nonypomina7165@nonypomina71652 жыл бұрын
    • @@nonypomina7165 well this goes to show that the Guardian isn't as good as al Jazeera

      @user-ux8pj3rf4w@user-ux8pj3rf4w2 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-ux8pj3rf4w no

      @Browndwarff@Browndwarff2 жыл бұрын
    • @@Browndwarff can you expand rather than just saying no ,

      @user-ux8pj3rf4w@user-ux8pj3rf4w2 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-ux8pj3rf4w guardian isn't the best, it has its own liberal bias. But it cannot be worse than an arab government's mouthpiece( al jazeera is owned by the Qatari goverment). Sure they did a good piece on a spyware, but that doesn't mean anything if they don't report on what's happening in their country. Like qatari labor laws, women's/gay rights in qatar, etc.

      @Browndwarff@Browndwarff2 жыл бұрын
  • Pegasus tool is using services that automatically download stuff. For instance finding a vulnerability in the iphone mail app, then infecting the phone by sending something through email, it gets automatically downloaded as mail service is running in background usually. So its using apps that are running in the background automatically, Ways to protect against pegasus: - Dont download unnecessary apps - Keep your device software updated - Keep your apps updated - Switch off app background refresh - Switch off internet (Mobile data) on apps and only turn it on when you want to use those apps then switch it back off again - For Iphone, Switch off Imessage unless you are using it. - If you dont need iCloud then switch your connection with iCloud off as device can get infected through iCloud running service. This doesn’t protect you 100% but it does make it harder to infect your device.

    @user-gy8be9cf7i@user-gy8be9cf7i2 жыл бұрын
    • It bypasses all of that

      @nv_chino@nv_chino10 ай бұрын
    • @@nv_chinoyes. The above is nonsense advice

      @TheRageCommenter@TheRageCommenter7 ай бұрын
  • Is it possible that Apple allowed Pegasus to run within its main operating system codebase ? as it would be next to impossible for some apps to just get automatically installed and take photos, read messages, hack & send data without the consent of user - Apple guys need to clarify that their platform is really safe and not just ordinary type of phone OS with lots of cameras around

    @bmmr@bmmr2 жыл бұрын
    • I think that it’s possible

      @ahlamamr4659@ahlamamr4659 Жыл бұрын
    • It works via telephony network.

      @conceptofeverything8793@conceptofeverything8793 Жыл бұрын
    • NSA helped develop it NSA had access to Google Amazon Facebook and Apple servers and internal code

      @capwater7197@capwater7197 Жыл бұрын
    • Conspiracies

      @realShikha885@realShikha885 Жыл бұрын
  • Aren't most apps able to do this... with our consent? Access to photos, microphone etc

    @conanthebarbarian6307@conanthebarbarian63072 жыл бұрын
    • Some don’t need your consent Even apps like google docs will now go through all your files and report “illegal” materials or straight up delete “misinformation” Edit: It’s in the new T&Cs

      @thomasace2547@thomasace25472 жыл бұрын
    • @@thomasace2547 Wow I didn't know they had been doing that. It really is creepy how far they can reach. I try not to use any Google products for work because I remember reading T&C of a "free" note pad app. The bit that concerned me the most (other than handing over your data to federal authorities on request) was that ideas that you may be writing down for a book or any creative endeavour can be read and stolen/plagiarised.

      @conanthebarbarian6307@conanthebarbarian63072 жыл бұрын
    • gool

      @GroovyVideo2@GroovyVideo22 жыл бұрын
    • Yes but they don't have people actively sitting there on the other end spying on you.

      @samdobie6748@samdobie6748 Жыл бұрын
  • open prison and we don’t even know

    @lgoody7306@lgoody73062 жыл бұрын
    • Shhhh. Take your jabs and stop asking questions .

      @stoicsceptic8420@stoicsceptic84202 жыл бұрын
    • life itself is a prison and you don't even know

      @ta_93@ta_932 жыл бұрын
    • @@ta_93 not when u know how to escape it whenever u feel like 🧘

      @lgoody7306@lgoody73062 жыл бұрын
    • @@ta_93 meaningless nonsense from a pseudo intellectual

      @stoicsceptic8420@stoicsceptic84202 жыл бұрын
    • @@stoicsceptic8420 watch dr Charles hoffe then tell me to get jabs 🧠 🧼

      @lgoody7306@lgoody73062 жыл бұрын
  • Wasn't it already known that if you were spyed on through your phone, a Court order were needed but doesn't apply with a mobile phone for the airspace is public?

    @chuckecheese4267@chuckecheese42672 жыл бұрын
  • We all have no idea how much more they can do. They have total control. You have not a single grain of privacy. They can see you typing out a message in real time

    @dejboi@dejboi4 ай бұрын
  • 1984 !

    @pleindevie7901@pleindevie79012 жыл бұрын
  • Whatever we're aware of now you can be sure they have something else already up and running which we haven't heard about yet.

    @misc.endeavours8343@misc.endeavours83432 жыл бұрын
  • That's how they target important figures in Iran 🇮🇷

    @kingpinoutlow8105@kingpinoutlow81052 жыл бұрын
  • Hopefully there will somebody who develops some type of software that can defeat this spyware.. or for that matter any type of surveillance mechanism

    @ccarta192@ccarta1922 жыл бұрын
  • Developed by Israel around a decade ago and they talk about this now !

    @papamama1275@papamama12752 жыл бұрын
    • Shhhhh, that's antisemitism don't cha know!?

      @johnmunro4952@johnmunro49522 жыл бұрын
    • Developed by a company in Israel, not BY Israel.

      @scottymackay1801@scottymackay18012 жыл бұрын
    • @@johnmunro4952 Im friend with a Rabbi !

      @papamama1275@papamama12752 жыл бұрын
    • @@scottymackay1801 do you know the origins and stakeholders of the company ? Go do homework

      @papamama1275@papamama12752 жыл бұрын
    • @@scottymackay1801 lol and approved/utilized by the Israeli government. Israel isn’t as slick as it thinks it is 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

      @mahadaalvi@mahadaalvi2 жыл бұрын
  • Created by "the greatest democracy in middle East": Israel :)

    @omayou69@omayou692 жыл бұрын
  • How does it leave the US out of the countries who got PEGASUS...

    @NoProxies@NoProxies7 ай бұрын
  • It will not only read but write emails, SMS, etc. which the government can use to arrest the targets.

    @ayusharyal5877@ayusharyal58772 жыл бұрын
    • For sure or BS?

      @riesenbuhai@riesenbuhai2 жыл бұрын
  • Wait, The Guardian doing ACTUAL investigative work? What has this world come to?

    @aeriumfour6096@aeriumfour60962 жыл бұрын
    • It's controlled opposition. They do this from time to time to make it look like they are doing their job, but in reality, it's most probably a government sanctioned article in order to keep us afraid. Covid has run its course, they need something else.

      @EgoChip@EgoChip2 жыл бұрын
    • Or they simply watched the KZhead videos on the Israeli spyware.

      @pauljamessquibbs.3945@pauljamessquibbs.39452 жыл бұрын
    • @@EgoChip Does that tinfoil hat chafe your skull at all?

      @robbieshand6139@robbieshand61392 жыл бұрын
    • @@EgoChip Take your meds and see your therapist.

      @slickrick2420@slickrick24202 жыл бұрын
    • Because NSO group refused to sell Spyware to Guardian's fav political party.

      @realShikha885@realShikha8859 ай бұрын
  • The guardian doing real journalism for a change

    @quillo2747@quillo27472 жыл бұрын
    • Facile

      @alex.velasco@alex.velasco2 жыл бұрын
    • 20 years too late LOL

      @EveLovesChristJesus@EveLovesChristJesus2 жыл бұрын
  • Hasn't the Echelon system been doing this already since the late 60's? It's not the technology that's scary, it's the normalisation of it within our lives. This could effectively be the core origin acting as the catalyst for the end of Democracy.

    @omnipotentpumpkin9755@omnipotentpumpkin97552 жыл бұрын
  • Solution: stop depending upon Gadgets and live a simple peaceful life (I'm not a Luddite, it's a harsh truth of our generation)

    @magpie4720@magpie47202 жыл бұрын
  • The government has had this for years.

    @RenzoTravelsTheEarth@RenzoTravelsTheEarth2 жыл бұрын
    • Which Government?

      @honved1@honved12 жыл бұрын
    • @ᛉC. Ó Dubhlaoichᛉ Just ask Edward Snowden, maybe not this specific software but similar methods have been used for the past 10 or so years.

      @RenzoTravelsTheEarth@RenzoTravelsTheEarth2 жыл бұрын
  • So shady

    @bencera6067@bencera60672 жыл бұрын
  • I'm so sad that my country (Hungary) is on the list.

    @mat3857@mat38572 жыл бұрын
  • Then why we are paying premium price for apple's iPhone if they cant prevent this spyware.

    @selvakumarmurugesan9013@selvakumarmurugesan90132 жыл бұрын
  • I still use Morse code.

    @bustercolin7507@bustercolin75072 жыл бұрын
  • So it does the same thing as the Facebook app?

    @JohnDoe-lx3dt@JohnDoe-lx3dt2 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly.....

      @ibexthegoat3112@ibexthegoat31122 жыл бұрын
  • 2:30 I don't see how this technology CANNOT be used in an abusive way...

    @groovivi@groovivi2 жыл бұрын
  • I have a sticker on my cell phone case. "I'm not your friend. I'm a spy," it reads.

    @matthiaslangbart9841@matthiaslangbart98412 жыл бұрын
  • Why don’t they force Pegasus to reveal the names of their customers?

    @siddharthmanumusic@siddharthmanumusic2 жыл бұрын
  • Tape up your phone cameras. Don't keep your phone in the same room when you talk. Don't store important files on your phone. We need to stop them!

    @seasong7655@seasong76552 жыл бұрын
    • keep your phone inside a Faraday case when not in use. this prevents the phone from receiving/emitting electromagnetic radiation, fields, & signals. this is much more effective in protecting your privacy than simply turning off your phone, taking out the battery, turning on airplane mode, etc.... USE A FARADAY CASE. use secure & private GNU/Linux distros such as TAILS, QubesOS, or WhonixOS for storing critical/sensitive data.

      @zenoniazion2417@zenoniazion24172 жыл бұрын
    • Or just don't use a mobile phone. Go back to old fashioned land line, or use a cheap burner phone without a camera or fancy GPS tracking devices.

      @EgoChip@EgoChip2 жыл бұрын
  • 3:35 - that elevator looks like fun.

    @notta3d@notta3d2 жыл бұрын
  • Democracy is a MYTH. So according to The Guardian Chinese do not surveillance people 😂😂😂😂

    @orangejuice277@orangejuice2772 жыл бұрын
    • 🥎 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE, HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE GUARDIAN ON U-TUBE🥎

      @pramilashaktawat4429@pramilashaktawat44292 жыл бұрын
  • This is old news every gov uses this... This is what we are being told imagine the stuff under black budgets 🤣🤣🤣

    @thetradergamez540@thetradergamez5402 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you Guardian for helping to bring this to light. Sadly there are too few people to speak out against such blatant abuses of power and technology.

    @needmoreramsay@needmoreramsay2 жыл бұрын
  • "...and remember that we are not descended from fearful men" Edward R. Murrow "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men - not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular" Edward R. Murrow

    @edgarbleikur1929@edgarbleikur19292 жыл бұрын
  • That is the reason I still use conventional phones (flip phones or non smart phone, no internet support phones) in year 2021. I can't compromise on my privacy for any cost.

    @johnnybravo2971@johnnybravo29712 жыл бұрын
  • En Panamá hay un juicio a un expresidente por usar el Pegasus sobre sus adversarios.

    @joeldiaz5571@joeldiaz55712 жыл бұрын
    • En México también

      @VendettaAllan@VendettaAllan2 жыл бұрын
    • puka puka pukaaaaa

      @tothepoint4080@tothepoint40802 жыл бұрын
  • Sounds like a great advert for going back to a none smart phone. Glad I have already and am not addicted to being on FB etc 24/7.

    @Metsudo82@Metsudo822 жыл бұрын
  • any idea what's the background music that starts at 2:09 ?

    @4zv4l38@4zv4l38 Жыл бұрын
  • No one should ever use any smart devices.

    @PrashantTayshetye@PrashantTayshetye2 жыл бұрын
  • One day we throw our phones and be free

    @Bshsikska@Bshsikska2 жыл бұрын
    • go back to medieval times?

      @trickledowneconomicsfail7127@trickledowneconomicsfail71272 жыл бұрын
    • @@trickledowneconomicsfail7127 No just start living again

      @em-jp4xt@em-jp4xt2 жыл бұрын
    • @@em-jp4xt ok old man lol. I'd agree that social media is cancer but the technology itself is wonderful

      @trickledowneconomicsfail7127@trickledowneconomicsfail71272 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah let's arrange a meeting on mass and do it all at the same time. Will be easier then

      @Alexlamb442@Alexlamb4422 жыл бұрын
  • Time to dust off my old nokia phone.

    @mamboch80@mamboch802 жыл бұрын
    • no jokes ive saved mine incase shit gets any weirder! battery lasts forever to,oldskool

      @loakes2828@loakes28282 жыл бұрын
  • The same program was found on Jamal Khashoggis phone before he was assassinated and cut up in Saudi Arabia's embassy in Turkey. NSO had sold the program to Saudis and is directly complicit in the killing.

    @PalCan@PalCan2 жыл бұрын
  • hey is that mean when ur in a web page another program is follow in or disguise in the background right?

    @saigonmonopoly1105@saigonmonopoly1105 Жыл бұрын
  • The NSO Group needs its wings "clipped" if you catch my drift 😡😡😡😡🔫

    @Hcrlnd@Hcrlnd2 жыл бұрын
  • I wonder if John McAfee had anything to do with the "10s of thousands of leaked documents."

    @ronswanson1444@ronswanson14442 жыл бұрын
  • NSO servers or apps can also be hacked? If so global security is at risk

    @asubhan9489@asubhan94892 жыл бұрын
  • They should make phones more manual. Make it possible to remove the battery, analog on/off switches of the camera and microphone and so on. And they should implement crypto end-to-end based communication on everything. And there should be a very high penalty on breaking the rules.

    @tammanaq@tammanaq2 жыл бұрын
    • Just wrap it in tin foil🤣

      @davidbarth80@davidbarth802 жыл бұрын
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