On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <jacob@appelbaum.net> wrote:
... I wanted to write to highlight some important documents that have recently been released by Der Spiegel about the NSA and GCHQ. We worked very hard and for quite some time on these stories - I hope that you'll enjoy them.
second only to BULLRUN drop; thank you!
... OLYMPUSFIRE:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/nsa-dokumente-so-knackt-der-geheimdienst-i...
off by one error; this is "VALIDATOR" the OLYMPUSFIRE doc is at: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/nsa-dokumente-so-knackt-der-geheimdienst-i...
... There are quite a few news articles and most of them have focused on the iPhone backdoor known as DROPOUTJEEP - they largely miss the big picture asserting that the NSA needs physical access. This is a misunderstanding. The way that the NSA and GCHQ compromise devices with QUANTUMNATION does not require physical access - that is merely one way to compromise an iPhone. Generally the NSA and GCHQ compromise the phone through the network using QUANTUM/QUANTUMNATION/QUANTUMTHEORY related attack capabilities.
thank you as well for this clarification. keep it up :) best regards,