Ronan Farrow says yes. He joins Peter Kafka on the Recode Media podcast to discuss his latest investigation for The New Yorker into the surveillance technology Pegasus — spyware that gives remote access to a smartphone’s camera, microphone, and contents. Be sure to power your phone completely off after you listen to the episode. Farrow will tell you why.

Featuring: Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow), Investigative Reporter at the New Yorker

Host of the Recode Media podcast: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode

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