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If the started that, local law enforcement companies would also ask to have their govOS signed by apple to be installed on a particular device. How do you make
by Matt3o12_ 9y ago
If the started that, local law enforcement companies would also ask to have their govOS signed by apple to be installed on a particular device. How do you make sure that a) the link from the local law enforcement branch is authentic and has not been compromised, b) make sure that the person requesting such an update is actually authorized to do so (and not just some criminal how gained access to the law enforcement computers).
Not matter what you do, there is still a very good chance that somehow unauthorized people get access to sign an OS for any of apple's devices device they want. It might not result in such a huge attacked but nonetheless, there is still damaged to be done.
- ikeboy 9y agoThe right answer here is they need a valid writ from a court, just like the FBI had. We don't have much of an issue with criminals getting wiretaps through faking subpoenas to phone companies (although I did find https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/feds-brooklyn-prosecutor-forged-judges-signatures-to-wiretap-lover/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/feds-brooklyn-pr... when searching.) Note that I'm not arguing that Apple should have complied, that the court should have said a particular thing, or anything like that (did enough arguing last year when the case was going on). All I'm saying is the comparison is invalid, and the author doesn't know the technical details and is therefore wrong.