By the way, thanks so much for your input on this, it’s appreciated

John



> On Jan 23, 2020, at 11:36 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Lee, the question begs, WHY hasn’t the technique used on Bezos phone 
> been used on every person of power and authority, every jealous wife, every 
> fired employee?  If this technique is good enough to fool WhatsApp on the 
> richest guy in our country I’m confused why there aren’t tens of thousands of 
> us having the same exploits perpetrated on us?
> 
> 
> John
> 
> 
>> On Jan 23, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Lee Larson <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 23, 2020, at 11:20 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ed, I gather high rollers communicate with other high rollers like we do on 
>>> this forum….you are right, we really need to watch for the phishing but 
>>> what I’m really wanting to learn, do emails inside Apple’s umbrella have 
>>> the same exposure of having an embedded hack inside an email or video?  If 
>>> so, why aren’t we hearing about it daily?  Did this happen to Jeff because 
>>> he was using WhatsApp?
>> 
>> WhatsApp is a lot more secure than email. It has end-to-end encryption by 
>> default while email has no security by default. Sending an email is like 
>> using postcards; anyone in the middle can read it. That’s why some of us 
>> advocate encryption standards like S/MIME and PGP.
>> 
>> L^2
>> 
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>> Lee Larson
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