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Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone.

Oct 16, 2026

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Below is a series of demos we revealed at Hexacon in Paris today. Everything will be released in due time.

1/ Signal 1-click

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2/ But who cares about a third-party app when everyone uses iMessage, right?

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3/ Can your iPhone do this?

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4/ APT stands for Apple Persistent Threat

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[4d](https://blog.calif.io/p/iphone/comment/369006860 "Oct 24, 2026, 11:11 AM")

beautiful and impressive. keep cooking.

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[5d](https://blog.calif.io/p/iphone/comment/368421202 "Oct 23, 2026, 4:31 PM")

Game over. Time to write a book and move to a remote island.

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