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The article mentions they've already found a remotely exploitable security hole. Backdoor or not, nobody wants that. We would all be fine with IME if we had a
by snarfy 9y ago
The article mentions they've already found a remotely exploitable security hole. Backdoor or not, nobody wants that.
We would all be fine with IME if we had access to it, could define the keys, and enable/disable features of it. Locking users out of their own hardware is not acceptable. I'm the only one that should be able to remote lock/wipe my phone. It should not be possible for Apple. They shouldn't have the keys. It's my phone. Even if I did trust Apple, I don't trust the government.
- acdha 9y agoLook, I’d also like this to be open and documented but hyperbole isn’t helping that. If it’s undocumented, say that rather than pretending anyone is locked out of their own hardware — nobody has lost the use of their device due to IME. Similarly, calling it a backdoor and implying that the NSA is behind it without any proof is only going to reflect badly on the person making those claims. The other thing to remember for effective advocacy is thinking about what normal people experience. If you say Apple shouldn’t have the keys, you’re also saying the average person has to be good at key management; most people are happy to outsource that. Conflating the issues of mass surveillance with control over your own hardware is great if your goal is confusion but I don’t see it producing results.