This was all released many years ago in the Vault 7 drop. What's new here?

No worries, the current administration is taking care of any federal government competence. With heads of lettuce at the top, these kinds of capacities (and many other, less necrotic ones) will wither and die.

I'm only, like, half being facetious.

1. This news site is analogous to a tabloid. They're just rehashing info from K's appearance in a LADBible video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXtDH2IXKY8

2. While I don't even dislike the guy, let alone hate him, Kiriakou tends to make grandiose and controversial claims that get discredited.

3. Kiriakou hasn't been privvy to CIA tech since roughly 2004. Yes, before the era of modern smartphones, all devices were pwned. He's been doing the rounds on any podcast that will take him where he elaborates on these claims further and it's pretty clear that he doesn't have decent subject matter knowledge.

Can a lot of phones and TVs and cars be exploited? Yes. Keep your devices patched. And, don't do things that attract the CIA's attention enough that they're putting in the significant effort it takes to pwn your TV or car.

tl;dr: If you're in a position where the CIA is targeting you, worry.

Just buy a range rover. Nobody can operate it. Not even the mechanic who is currently looking into it, again.

My taxes at work.

These three agencies are opposed to the public having access to appropriate cybersecurity: NSA, NIST, CIA. The goal of government should have been to boost the citizen's cybersecurity, but it is the opposite. Americans are worse off as a result.