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I actually think that either case(win or lose) have a lot of benefits for the government. If they win, they have the precedent and legal access ,so it makes the
by petra 11y ago
I actually think that either case(win or lose) have a lot of benefits for the government. If they win, they have the precedent and legal access ,so it makes their lives easier.
If they lose and the media circus leads people to strongly believe that the iPhone is 100% secure while it really isn't - gaining the trust that was lost due to snowden - this is really useful both from surveillance point-of-view , from blocking access to foreign countries, and for helping the iPhone usage grow, especially among "important" users ,be they legal or illegal.
But just looking at what seems more valuable for the government ,it seems that the second option is far more valuable. So i wonder ,why do everybody automatically accept the first motive ?
- tamana 11y agoNo other consumer phone is notably more secure than iPhone, so iPhone adoption is not a useful goal for netsec hackers.
- petra 11y agoIt's not just about phone adoption - it's about the total pattern. If you don't trust the iPhone ,maybe ,for your important communications, you'll only use Qubes + Whonix + TOR ? write your own software in addition(as a rich terrorist org) ? use a machine not connected to the internet and pass files ? Be more careful in what you communicate over the phone ? etc..
- yaur 11y ago> If they lose and the media circus leads people to strongly believe that the iPhone is 100% secure I don't think this is it. IMO if they lose they will ask congress for a law to require backdoors because they have already shown that not having such a law helps terrorist.
- petra 11y agoAnd the likelihood of passing such a law is high ?
- Mikeb85 11y agoOf course it is. Both parties are in favour of more government power.
- ianmcgowan 11y agoAs are apparently 90% of my facebook friends. Sigh.