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This is an interesting thought exercise, I am going to ask a few questions. Think about them and then decide if this is a good idea: 1. How big will the projec
by TrainedMonkey 7y ago
This is an interesting thought exercise, I am going to ask a few questions. Think about them and then decide if this is a good idea:
1. How big will the project be? I.E. what staff you need to develop AND deploy honeypot phones.
2. Who would decide targets?
3. What do you do with the data collected? Who enforces those rules?
4. How do you keep the project secret?
5. How do you prevent various 3 letter agencies from ordering you to deploy this technology for national security?
6. How do you protect Apple's reputation once it leaks out that there are secret phones that eavesdrop on you?
A better long term strategy is to offer large bug/exploit bounties. This foils malware and builds trust in Apple platform.
- __s 7y ago5 & 6 seem incorrect here. Apple could do it regardless of whether they deploy this sort of thing. As for 6, the idea is that the journalist knows they have a doctored device
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y agoYou're naively assuming that Apple's decision making and internal coms have not already been compromised by these same malicious actors. In terms of risk reward, comprising the hardware makers internal coms is priority 0.