Comment by tptacek
4 years ago
I don't know if it's useless. I just know it isn't going to stop NSO-type attacks by state-level actors. People on message boards have very strange ideas about what the available talent pool is; for starters, they seem strangely convinced that it's all people who are choosing between writing exploits and working at a Google office.
Of course you will never stop all attacks, however you can try limit them in amount by making them more expensive to do, whether this be by limiting where they can hire from, the kind of political consequences they will incur, etc.
On this thread, we're talking about state-level attackers targeting iMessage.