> Probably sounds quaint, but run SW from a ROM Even your CPU accepts firmware updates - in the form of microcode updates. There is no ROM any more :/ It would

> Probably sounds quaint, but run SW from a ROM Even your CPU accepts firmware updates - in the form of microcode updates. There is no ROM any more :/ It wouldn't fix much either - find a bug/vuln in the ROM and those devices are owned "for life", since they can't be patched. > You seem to be saying that the iPhone SW can't be altered to tolerate the disappearance of a subsystem, I just don't believe this is true. It's a poor excuse to do nothing. I'm describing the situation as I see it today. It could; it won't. Apple has no incentive. Their shit is super secure already, haven't you heard? > If humans are incapable of writing secure SW We kind of are. Consumers don't really care until their inbox lands on wikileaks. @hillary waves