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Well one can definitely say that the people at Bloomberg don’t doubt their story. Is it at all possible that higher ups making statements from Apple or Amazon d
by taurath 8y ago
Well one can definitely say that the people at Bloomberg don’t doubt their story. Is it at all possible that higher ups making statements from Apple or Amazon didn’t know? Even if so, I don’t see any way for some sides credibility to not be severely harmed by the end of this.
And Facebook now enters the fray, saying there was an attack (though doesn’t seem to be claiming they were effected by the chip in previous article?)
Edit - I read the dates of the articles wrong, and thought this was a new one this morning. It was posted alongside the original story, but main point of comment still stands so keeping it up.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoTheir account seems pretty solid and the story itself I think is less incredible than what Snowden leaked: a password check bypass on the hardware remote access systems is all they need basically.
- sparsely 8y agoIs it possible that only lower level Apple/Amazon employees were involved in the investigation and that they are forbidden from telling anyone else, even senior legal executives?
- 086421357909764 8y agoIt's actually possible they have a National Security Gag order. If that's the case they could only deny anyway.
- okket 8y agoBut they don't, they explicitly mentioned they are not under a gag order, which is the first thing you are forbidden to mention when you are gagged. That is the reason why "warrant canaries" exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary
- usrusr 8y agoI think what GP was suggesting is that lower level employees might be under individual gag order, keeping them from ever reporting the incident to their higher ups (including those responsible for the warrant canary).
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