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And by blocking some third-party repairs, it is also making it harder to replace components with "backdoored" ones like the "big back" bloomberg article posted
by SEJeff 8y ago
And by blocking some third-party repairs, it is also making it harder to replace components with "backdoored" ones like the "big back" bloomberg article posted recently. These types of changes at their core are good, even if they're annoying.
- 21 8y agoIf all the apple shops in the world will get that tool, you can assume anybody capable of a hardware backdoor will also have access to it and a way to use it without raising flags (presumably the tool will phone back home for authorization).
- SEJeff 8y agoHence me saying it makes it harder, not that it makes it impossible.
- fraudsyndrome 8y agohttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/22/aws-ceo-jassy-follows-apple-calls-for-spy-chip-story-retraction.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/22/aws-ceo-jassy-follows-apple-... Apparently that was debunked.
- SEJeff 8y agoI realize it was debunked, but the core attack vector still exists. This type of thing makes it harder (but definitely not impossible) to pull off.