> The exploit takes advantage of Telegram’s default setting to automatically download media files. The option can be disabled manually, but in that case, the payload could still be installed on the device if a user tapped the download button in the top left corner of the shared file.
I don't see why this exploit could not be exploited on iOS.
> If the user tried to play the “video,” Telegram displayed a message that it was unable to play it and suggested using an external player. The hackers disguised a malicious app as this external player.
However, it seems a disguised way to invite the user to install an external application... Is it from the Google Play Store? Or an external APK that the user has to download from a website, and install himself?
The title misleads the point, and the article is, imoo, badly written.
The post implies there is indeed a setting to turn it off.
So the author deliberately asked Gemini AI to summarize (so, scan) its documents...
I kinda agree with this, even if the author could clarify the real difference between a 1200$ and a 4000$ windows laptop nowadays.
Microsoft Windows does not seem to care anymore about building a trusty product for professionals, but as a indie game developer I could say this is the only real OS we really have for now, especially if you really want to target the main audience...