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Why is it so hard to believe the headline?
by cbluth 8y ago
Why is it so hard to believe the headline?
- alexis_fr 8y agoHas Apple security record on electronics been ever broken? I don’t think so. If there is an exploit yet, at least it’s not publicly known and no-one has seen it for sale on the black market, so it would be in the millions. I’d say Apple is trustworthy as far as I’m concerned, perhaps not trustworthy enough if the threat model is Hillary-level politics, but trustworthy enough for a billion dollars business.
- caycep 8y agoMany times, but usually patched. Thunderstrike USB exploit comes to mind.
- Rebelgecko 8y ago>Has Apple security record on electronics been ever broken Absolutely. It was possible to trigger the mic/camera on older Macbooks without turning on the green LED. This led to people being spied on without their knowledge (by script kiddies, not nation-states). More recently, there's the unlocking of the San Bernardino shooters' iPhones.
- bunnycorn 8y agoNone of those devices have TPMs like these.
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- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago> Has Apple security record on electronics been ever broken? Literally every model of iPhone ever released has been "jailbroken" if that's what you mean. Including of course multiple re-jailbreaks per model when Apple patched the original exploits. There's an argument that the secure enclave is unhackable, although there have still been ways around it up until very recently (is it finally 100% secure or have the new exploits just not been discovered yet?) I prefer to work on the assumption that no hardware / software can ever be 100% secure.
- wild_preference 8y agoYour own biases?
- pessimizer 8y agoBecause you know that the technology to physically disconnect a microphone when a lid is closed is extremely simple, and doesn't require a computer chip that is impossible for the user to audit.
- foobarbazetc 8y agoIf you don’t trust Apple and you’re using Apple hardware you have bigger problems than the mic.