Apple threat notifications and spyware: what everyone should know
ricobecks
28 points
6 comments
August 27, 2026
Related Discussions
Found 5 related stories in 100.8ms across 9,162 title embeddings via pgvector HNSW
- Apple and a hacker's future maguay · 237 pts · October 05, 2026 · 56% similar
- Apple is tightening macOS 'Full Disk Access' due to new risks from AI agents speckx · 18 pts · October 02, 2026 · 54% similar
- Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy MC995 · 680 pts · September 22, 2026 · 54% similar
- With Apple Watch that's always listening, what's at stake is public perception rpgbr · 13 pts · September 15, 2026 · 52% similar
- Apple fixes 75 security issues with your iPhone and 155 for Mac, update now spenvo · 25 pts · July 27, 2026 · 52% similar
Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
john_strinlai
> Again, if you have received an authentic Apple threat notification or similar alert from WhatsApp, Facebook, or Google, [...] does google (or whatsapp/facebook) actually have similar alerts to apple's threat alerts? the linked page for google is the typical "sign in from suspicious location" and "unusual number of emails sent", which is significantly different from what apple does when it thinks it detects a nation-state actor using sophisticated and targeted spyware.
tyrabound
It sure is an odd coincidence that all of the commercial surveillance software related to this matter are Israeli companies or have strong plumes of smoke coming from Israel and used a Czech pensioner as their director on Macedonian corporate filings, totally unbeknownst to her.
VCFundedGenYer
> Since 2001, Apple has been warning its users when they may have been targeted by spyware, using email, iMessage, and banners in their accounts. LLM slop misunderstanding the situation. Highly doubt iMessage existed in 2001.