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>This is not an academic question. How many dishonest Apple employes would it take to insert a secret back door into MacOS, iOS, or iCloud? Back in the day, no
by clubm8 8y ago
>This is not an academic question. How many dishonest Apple employes would it take to insert a secret back door into MacOS, iOS, or iCloud?
Back in the day, not many:
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- freddie_mercury 8y agoWhere's the secret back door in that list? A list of easter eggs wouldn't appear to tell us anything about how easy or hard it would be get a secret back door in.
- risk 8y agoNo but it demonstrates that there is functionality absent scrutiny; ignorance notwithstanding, it's a condition necessary for the insertion of "secret" back doors.
- freddie_mercury 8y agoIt doesn't demonstrate that at all. For all we know, hundreds of people inside Apple knew about each of those. I've worked on popular software (>10 million users) that had Easter eggs. Dozens of people in the company knew about each Easter egg that shipped, including managers. Not everyone is a soulless killjoy.
- astura 8y agoNo it definitely does not. That's like saying movies with cameos can't control who walks on set.