Pegasus does not depend on one door.

The surveillance software developed by the Israeli company NSO Group can use different routes to gain access to a smartphone. Before an attempted infection, the system can check technical characteristics of the target device and determine which of its available approaches might work.

Researchers have even seen evidence suggesting that, in some cases, different routes were tested against the same phone.

That matters because a door that is open today may be closed tomorrow.

Phone makers patch vulnerabilities. Software changes. A way in that works today may eventually stop working.

Pegasus........

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