Apple downplays importance of CIA’s iPhone hacking capabilities
In a massive data dump last week, WikiLeaks released thousands upon thousands of highly secretive and sensitive CIA documents that detail the extent of the government agency's spying tools. Aside from interesting tidbits regarding the CIA attempting to eavesdrop on targets via Samsung HD-TVs, the leaked documents also reference the CIA's efforts to hack into iOS devices.In fact, the CIA even has a specialized team devoted entirely towards coming up with security exploits for iOS devices, in particular the iPhone. Even though the iPhone only accounts for less than 15 percent of global smartphone marketshare, Apple's iconic smartphone attracts a disproportionate amount of attention because it's proven to be quite popular among "social, political, diplomatic and business elites."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here