Just insert a known CSAM image on target's device. Done.
I presume this could be used against a rival political party to ruin their reputation - insert bunch of CSAM images on their devices. "Party X is revealed as an abuse ring". This goes oh-so-very-nicely with Qanon conspiracy theories which even don't require any evidence to propagate widely.
Wait for Apple to find the images. When police investigation is opened, make it very public. Start a social media campaign at the same time.
It's enough to fabricate evidence only for a while - the public perception of the individual or the group will be perpetually altered, even though it would surface later that the CSAM material was inserted by hostile third party.
You have to think about what nation state entities that are now clients of Pegasus and so on could do with this. Not how safe the individual component is.
Just insert a known CSAM image on target's device. Done.
I presume this could be used against a rival political party to ruin their reputation - insert bunch of CSAM images on their devices. "Party X is revealed as an abuse ring". This goes oh-so-very-nicely with Qanon conspiracy theories which even don't require any evidence to propagate widely.
Wait for Apple to find the images. When police investigation is opened, make it very public. Start a social media campaign at the same time.
It's enough to fabricate evidence only for a while - the public perception of the individual or the group will be perpetually altered, even though it would surface later that the CSAM material was inserted by hostile third party.
You have to think about what nation state entities that are now clients of Pegasus and so on could do with this. Not how safe the individual component is.