[Secret Agent Man]

If this is about Pegasus why do they then mention “Phantom”?

[TexasGator]

“If this is about Pegasus why do they then mention “Phantom”?”

In the article.

[DUMBGRUNT]

--"If this is about Pegasus why do they then mention “Phantom”?"

Down in the text where Freepers fear to tread...

It also spent two years discussing whether to deploy a newer product, called Phantom, inside the United States.

[TLI]

the FBI bought and tested NSO software for years with plans to use it for domestic surveillance until the agency finally decided last year not to deploy the tools.

It also spent two years discussing whether to deploy a newer product, called Phantom, inside the United States.

The original product was too good and the FBI could not protect itself from it?

Phantom is a modified product that has a flaw baked in so feds.gov can not be hacked by it?

Just thinking like the prog, they know they are going to severely break the law...

[Yo-Yo]

If this is about Pegasus why do they then mention “Phantom”?

Read the entire article, and you'll see that Phantom is another NSO product.

The U.S. had also moved to acquire Pegasus, the Times found. The FBI, in a deal never previously reported, bought the spyware in 2019, despite multiple reports that it had been used against activists and political opponents in other countries. It also spent two years discussing whether to deploy a newer product, called Phantom, inside the United States.

The discussions at the Justice Department and the FBI continued until last summer, when the FBI ultimately decided not to use NSO weapons.

But Pegasus equipment is still in a New Jersey building used by the FBI. And the company also gave the agency a demonstration of Phantom, which could hack American phone numbers.