A very common type of device, similar to what is found in those extremely suspicious looking USB cables: https://t.co/uBhi7tRhiW
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Woke up to like 100 tags on this iPhone implant. Which is found in this video here: https://t.co/9khbpmUQEH
I don’t speak Russian, but I do have a first grade language fluency in hardware. So lets take a look!
Thread 1/n
A very common type of device, similar to what is found in those extremely suspicious looking USB cables: https://t.co/uBhi7tRhiW
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Thanks @dcuthbert
5/n https://t.co/Sq9X6yByPV
They've cut the simcard and attached it that way, so removed the housing.
— Daniel Cuthbert (@dcuthbert) January 14, 2021
There is normally not a convenient place for an implant, but they swapped the battery for a smaller one.
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This is a technique I have also used in power supplies when needing a little extra space for... activities 😈
9/n https://t.co/KjgfREmhZt
Unlike what is explained in the video, the lower part of the battery has been replaced by a same module than used for the the upper part. Allowing them to get enough space. pic.twitter.com/0LpUOpSrRC
— Requiem (@Requiem_fr) January 14, 2021
10/n https://t.co/AwNiFpIE2V
After being released from detention, Olga Kerimova, election campaign chief for opposition candidate & @navalny associate @SobolLubov, got her iPhone back. It came with an upgrade: a crudely onboarded bugging and tracking device.
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) January 14, 2021
These nitwits can't do anything subtle. pic.twitter.com/bMHfVVlrCc
11/n https://t.co/gz3cuKC6jb
Demo of a work in progress. I\u2019m looking for help with writing payloads. Come chat with me at @defcon if you\u2019d like to collaborate.
— _MG_ (@_MG_) August 3, 2018
Power adapter. Silent infection. Cross platform. Not just Apple hardware.
Project page with info: https://t.co/b62N5cWVSG
1/n pic.twitter.com/pxwrb9o9HU
This was before I got into hardware design. Not very good, but enough for a proof of concept.
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13/n https://t.co/M77sGjOmcW
Maybe they may know that they turn off the phones and just want to know gps location... for that when they turn off the phone the implant is still running on the battery ... it's desperate but smart to come later and stop the whole world
— UniCOrN \U0001f984 (@UniC0rN_2021) January 14, 2021
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1/OK, data mystery time.
This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
2/The New York Times cites the World Bank's recent report, "Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World".
The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
Here's the Gini index: https://t.co/MvylQzpX6A
It looks as if the latest estimate for China's Gini is 42.2.
That estimate is from 2012.
5/A Gini of 42.2 would put China in the same neighborhood as the U.S., whose Gini was estimated at 41 in 2013.
I can't find the <30 number anywhere. The only other estimate in the tables for China is from 2008, when it was estimated at 42.8.
This New York Times feature shows China with a Gini Index of less than 30, which would make it more equal than Canada, France, or the Netherlands. https://t.co/g3Sv6DZTDE
That's weird. Income inequality in China is legendary.
Let's check this number.
2/The New York Times cites the World Bank's recent report, "Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations Around the World".
The report is available here:
3/The World Bank report has a graph in which it appears to show the same value for China's Gini - under 0.3.
The graph cites the World Development Indicators as its source for the income inequality data.
4/The World Development Indicators are available at the World Bank's website.
Here's the Gini index: https://t.co/MvylQzpX6A
It looks as if the latest estimate for China's Gini is 42.2.
That estimate is from 2012.
5/A Gini of 42.2 would put China in the same neighborhood as the U.S., whose Gini was estimated at 41 in 2013.
I can't find the <30 number anywhere. The only other estimate in the tables for China is from 2008, when it was estimated at 42.8.
