I do not believe for one second that these 'flaws" are accidents. I think they were put there on purpose for law enforcement purposes.
How conspiratorial of you.
If that were true, they would've done it with an real proper backdoor, and secured the rest. If designed as such (which it is not), it would be trivial for law enforcement to get a warrant, read off the IMEI number off the back, and the manufacturer would be able to remotely unlock it. But they don't. And Apple continues to fix these bugs as soon as they're discovered.
I think these flaws merely show how hard it is to really lock down any device that's connected to the internet, much less one that you have in hand.
As the old IT expression goes:
"The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe,
and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm
I do not believe for one second that these 'flaws" are accidents. I think they were put there on purpose for law enforcement purposes.
Nonsense. That would just be "Dial [code] on the emergency call screen". This random swiping and flicking crap is just that; fools with too much time on their hands overloading the OS with inputs.
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I do not believe for one second that these 'flaws" are accidents. I think they were put there on purpose for law enforcement purposes.
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Originally Posted by sc_markt
I do not believe for one second that these 'flaws" are accidents. I think they were put there on purpose for law enforcement purposes.
How conspiratorial of you.
If that were true, they would've done it with an real proper backdoor, and secured the rest. If designed as such (which it is not), it would be trivial for law enforcement to get a warrant, read off the IMEI number off the back, and the manufacturer would be able to remotely unlock it. But they don't. And Apple continues to fix these bugs as soon as they're discovered.
I think these flaws merely show how hard it is to really lock down any device that's connected to the internet, much less one that you have in hand.
As the old IT expression goes:
"The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe,
and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm
not even too sure about that one"
Originally Posted by sc_markt
I do not believe for one second that these 'flaws" are accidents. I think they were put there on purpose for law enforcement purposes.
Nonsense. That would just be "Dial [code] on the emergency call screen". This random swiping and flicking crap is just that; fools with too much time on their hands overloading the OS with inputs.
I have to agree that few will care enough to make a big deal out of it.