I file can embed all kinds of things. So a video clip or pdf can do this type 
of hack. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 23, 2020, at 11:21 AM, John Robinson <[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?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 23, 2020, at 10:12 AM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I posted earlier this week a Phishing email screen shot. Of an “Apple” email 
>> with a windows document attached that I was suppose to open. 
>> I did not open it I sent it to Apple Phishing  with the file attached 
>> included. 
>> Never open an attachment unless you asked some one to send you something. 
>> Even then ask the person if they sent you a file before opening. 
>> To many times we get in a hurry and open with out thinking. 
>> I have gotten three phishing emails this week in the Same style. Everyone 
>> was sent to Apple. Never open an attachment before checking it out. Look at 
>> the email addresses tap and hold to see the actual email address the name 
>> you see can be spoofed. Just like phone calls can be spoofed to show the 502 
>> area code from India they can spoof addresses to. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Jan 23, 2020, at 10:02 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> When Jeff Bezos hacked phone hit the news my daughter text me asking how in 
>>> the world an iPhone was hacked to get his love notes and photos which were 
>>> then published in the Enquirer.
>>> 
>>> Oh, my dear daughter, Bezos is the King of Android, his firm sells more 
>>> Android devices than all the others combined…he would have been using an 
>>> Android phone..
>>> 
>>> I told the world here was a good example of the value of an Android.
>>> 
>>> I mean it would be like the CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra, driving a 
>>> Mustang…it just isn’t going to happen.
>>> 
>>> So this Android phone turned out to be very expensive, costing close to 60 
>>> BILLION in his divorce settlement.  
>>> 
>>> Serves him right.
>>> 
>>> Now the news wires are lighting up about the story that it was an iPhone 
>>> that was hacked….WHAT?
>>> 
>>> Turns out the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia sent a video that had embedded 
>>> hack that allowed access to Bezos phone…using the WhatsApp used for 
>>> communication.
>>> 
>>> It’s cross platform and I guess bunches of folks use it, but it’s owned by 
>>> Facebook, which is second only to Google in spying on us, so I ask this 
>>> question.
>>> 
>>> If Bezos had been using Apple’s Mail, could this same thing have happened?  
>>> 
>>> If so, why hasn’t it happened to tens of thousands of us prior to now, lots 
>>> of high profile folks use the iPhone, from The President to most of the 
>>> Hollywood types, business leaders that the competition would love to learn 
>>> of company trade secrets.
>>> 
>>> Are those that use WhatsApp playing Russian Roulette?  
>>> 
>>> Those in the know, what are your thoughts?
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>>  
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