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> Apple has never worked with any government agency from any country to create a “backdoor” in any of our products or services. We have also never allowed any g
by diafygi 11y ago
> Apple has never worked with any government agency from any country to create a “backdoor” in any of our products or services. We have also never allowed any government access to our servers. And we never will.
Did Apple ever provide any insight into what access the Prism program had? They denied knowing about it[1], so either they are lying or it was a mole. Did they ever follow up with an investigation or conclusion as to what exactly the government had access to?
[1]: https://www.apple.com/apples-commitment-to-customer-privacy/ https://www.apple.com/apples-commitment-to-customer-privacy/
- Eric_WVGG 11y agoisn’t there a third possibility, that they could have used an exploit akin to Heartbleed?
- caractacus 11y agoIf you were paranoid, it wouldn't take much to conclude that "worked with" and "allowed" could mean that this doesn't imply that there weren't or aren't backdoors or access that occurred without Apple's knowledge or approval.
- snowwrestler 11y agoPrism in general was mischaracterized by the early reports. It was first reported as a persistent backdoor into servers, but it was actually just a way for NSA to automate requests for information through the FBI. This was detailed in later reports. Edit: for those skeptical about my comment above, here is more detail from a discussion about a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8333844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8333844
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoAh, so then Apple wouldn't be lying if they said they hadn't allowed access to their servers, even under a broad interpretation.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoUnder a strict interpretation, Apple hasn't given the NSA "access to [their] servers" (not root access, not physical access, etc.). They've given them a means to access some user data. (Edit: Or just request it, see snowwrestler's comment below.) To answer what access the NSA has, the best case would be merely access to iCloud email, iTunes Store purchase records and other things Apple can't encrypt. The worst case is everything.