[fredsir]

Now we just need to place a photo on our opponents phones - journalists, politicians, someone whos job you want, you name it - and their phone will call the police itself and bring the proof too, and it's their burden to prove their innocence.

[vaylian]

Just send a cat video with 1 frame swapped out via e-mail.

[salawat]

Think of all those leakers or hackers who just happened to always have kiddie porn on their devices. Somehow. This has been the default state of things.

[azinman2]

Planting something bad on someone was always possible. That hasn’t changed.

[tjpnz]

What's changed is that I could've once taken reasonable measures to mitigate that risk. All of that's now in Apple's hands and they've got no reason to protect me.

[sschueller]

yes, but now you won't have to bribe or pump up probable cause for a search warrant to find such plant. It makes it 100 times easier.

[samrolken]

An attacker who has a way to place multiple illegal images onto someone’s phone and into their iCloud Photo Library without their consent… it’s an interesting idea but how is it possible?

[hoppyhoppy2]

Not very long ago we would have said, "an attacker who has a way to remotely control someone's iPhone without their consent simply by sending a text message... It's an interesting idea but how is it possible?" Then we learned about NSO Pegasus and that it was not only possible, but was already being done to the phones of unsuspecting victims across the world.

[fredsir]

There’s the whole NSO Pegasus that answers for how regarding remotely. However social engineering is also possible. Drunk out in town makes an easy target for a skilled social engineer.

All in all - it’s very possible.