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As FBI's iPhone exploit remains secret, Apple's security operation in transition
After encryption, the best security guarantee is guaranteed self-destruction.
I believe the Feds - like the NSA/CIA have for years - used hardware intervention to crack the San Bernadino iPhone. Seems possible to embed command[s] in the cpu, graphics processor, that will detect any attempt to hardwire to internals and generate a commend that destroys significant links that enable further snooping. -
Apple CEO Tim Cook, other tech leaders call on North Carolina to repeal anti-LGBT law
I don't expect many politicians whose heads are embedded in the outflow end of the Confederate alimentary canal - to respect or listen to the leaders of modern industry and technology. They only provide jobs and income. Southern religious tradition is worth more than that to these pitiful leftovers from the lost cause of slavery. -
DOJ confirms successful iPhone data extraction, withdraws encryption case against Apple [u]
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Proposed Senate bill grants courts authority to force access to encrypted data
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Apple 'privacy czars' put clamps on products like Siri & iAd - report
rob53 said:Is Apple calling them czars or is this simply Reuters' way of demeaning Apple employees? As for what Apple is doing, I praise them, whether some Apple employees like it or not.
Their economic vision is about up to Reaganomics, e.g., David Stockman's beliefs in 19th Century inequality as a goal. Their politics are as Cold Warriors. Consequently, I no longer endorse the whole version of much of what they offer. Facts are still hard to lose. They are their bread and butter. The ideology is crap IMHO. Not that I'm any mainstream champion. :-]