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They did find other ways to get what they wanted. It was on a more ad hoc basis. And there they were focused There's a video of former NSA/CIA director Micha
by studentrob 11y ago
They did find other ways to get what they wanted. It was on a more ad hoc basis. And there they were focused
There's a video of former NSA/CIA director Michael Hayden talking about the clipper chip, and how everyone was saying "we're going dark" around that time. They found other ways to get what they wanted, and that's why both he and former CIA director James Woolsey do not support the DOJ's position in the ongoing case against Apple. I can't find the video where he talks about the clipper chip right now.
- ethbro 11y agoThere's not really benefit to the NSA/CIA from a Clipper Chip 2.0. None of the non-US targets they're pursuing would or could be mandated to use it. And all illegal domestic surveillance aside, foreign intelligence is still their primary mandate and target. So in return for no benefit they get a lot of headache. (As you know its use would find its way into the US government, and suddenly the NSA has to support it via its defensive mandate)
- digler999 11y ago> They found other ways just a guess, but in the iPhone case, they probably have connections with the employees of the chip foundry where the security chips are made. they probably know the passwords to those things ( the iphone 6 security chips ) before the're even produced.