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by Natsu 1805 days ago
Less than one might hope, in general:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7#UMBRAGE

Even HN has torn a few of the analyses apart, e.g. when the auditors looked at Bezos' phone and claimed that a file from MBS might be malicious, HN called them out on the claims that it couldn't be decrypted:

https://github.com/ddz/whatsapp-media-decrypt

Given that their entire analysis hinged on this one file being a malicious executable that couldn't be decrypted, well... suffice it to say I'm quite mistrustful of these things, especially when politics is involved.