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Good article, highlighting one of the most critical points: All this software, even without the controversial additions, is not trustworthy! The Pegasus softwar
by triska 5y ago
Good article, highlighting one of the most critical points: All this software, even without the controversial additions, is not trustworthy! The Pegasus software has clearly shown that iPhones have severe security flaws, and therefore their contents cannot be trusted. Potentially a malicious third party could store content on your own phone, remotely, without you knowing and noticing.
Quoting from the article:
"Meanwhile, there are vulnerabilities in iMessage’s architecture, protective features don’t seem to work as expected, and Apple is not being forthcoming on the impact to users and how those users can stay safe—other than rebooting their phones weekly."
On top of this already brittle and demonstrably insecure implementation, Apple will now add an opaque system that is subject to stochastic false positives.
- quantified 5y agoAll companies can start off taking your security seriously, I think it is a “when” not an “if” for relaxing that security. Apple’s here to make money, nothing more nothing less. What do you make of the following thesis? Apple need only be “a little more” secure than Android. “We only share your info with the government, not the government and a thousand shadowy data brokers”. Better than the competition is all they need. The question of why this change is being made will be interesting if it is ever made public.