On: AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware

[oulipo]

It's routine for apps like Messenger to pre-download attachments (eg to compute a resized preview of the image etc)

[pelagicAustral → oulipo]

well yes, that is the surface. it's the surface being created with no recourse from the user side, that is intentional... the tinfoil hat theory is that it is, anyway.

[mitxela → pelagicAustral]

or maybe the actual reason is so that when someone sends you a picture you can see the picture