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Apple and Google Make the DoD Jump Through Hoops
- brudgers 16y agoBoth companies have a vested interest to avoid creating a cryptographic arms race between the US and the rest of the world centered around their products. It's better for both if the arms race is centered around military hardware than their security API's. It's not as if China and Russia wouldn't seek the same access. The DOD has the authority and ability to ban insecure devices from their network and in the absence of contracts with the DOD it is difficult to see any obligation for either company to provide the DOD with security API's. An appeal to patriotism denies the realities of the global marketplace