A lot of people forget what came out in the stead of the Snowden leaks and the ShadowBrokers leaks. This is one of those things that got lost in the mix.
DROPOUTJEEP is an NSA software plant that basically allows the NSA to transmit data from your phone whenever they want.
I have a prediction about the future. Once deep fakes becomes commonplace nobody will give a shit about photographic evidence. So you have a picture of Xi bathing in the blood of Uyghur babies? Cool stuff bro, I have one of president Harris (yes, that will happen, most cursed timeline etc.) shidding on veteran military war graves. Who gives a shit?