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Surveillance

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How Pegasus gets into your phone without you clicking anything: three doors on Android, WhatsApp and iOS

Prompted by Spain's CNI admitting it spied on former Catalan MPs, a technical thread walks step by step through how spyware like Pegasus infiltrates a phone without clicking any link or installing anything: a binder bug on Android, a manipulated WhatsApp call and a fake GIF on iOS.

13 July 2026 · 7 min

Surveillance

Google tests a CAPTCHA requiring you to turn on your camera and wave

To prove you are human, you would need to activate your camera and gesture in front of the lens. The help page is already prepared. It's another step towards normalising the surrender of biometric data to use a service.

21 June 2026 · 2 min