> the Snowden leaks have shown that the NSA has total control over all iPhones
You mean: had total control over all the original iPhones that they could get physical access to. (back when jailbreaking was extremely simple and common)
You mean: had total control over all the original iPhones that they could get physical access to. (back when jailbreaking was extremely simple and common)
One of the sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/30/the-nsa-repo...
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".