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A hoarded vulnerability and a hoarded backdoor key are difficult to distinguish is this context, ie, leaking of either results in the same catastrophe.
by kardos 9y ago
A hoarded vulnerability and a hoarded backdoor key are difficult to distinguish is this context, ie, leaking of either results in the same catastrophe.
- ikeboy 9y agoApple already has a backdoor key which they use every single time any iOS device needs to update. The FBI wasn't asking for the key, they were asking for the key to be used to sign one update. That signature would inherently have only worked once, as it includes a nonce and device ID.