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by kalleboo 4492 days ago
From the slide on your very link: "The initial release of DROPOUTJEEP will focus on installing the implant via close access methods. A remote installation capability will be pursued in a future release."

Basically how it worked was they jailbroke your iPhone and installed spyware on it. Is it quite likely that today, 7 years later, they have a remote 0day to do the same? Absolutely. But there's no proof that "the NSA has total control over all iPhones".