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Cybercriminals are often state sponsored and do a bit of government hacking and their own hacking. This is kind of a silly comment. Making a phone harder to h
by ec109685 4y ago
Cybercriminals are often state sponsored and do a bit of government hacking and their own hacking.
This is kind of a silly comment.
Making a phone harder to hack will help with foreign (and domestic) governments that buy exploits to target individuals as well as hackers trying to make money off of similar exploits.
- GuB-42 4y agoI am not saying Apple did anything wrong with their solution, I think it is great, really. I then thought: isn't that something that terrorists and pedophiles will love? If it is really that effective, I expect that soon enough, we will stories about Apple helping very very bad people who are after your children, and I don't think Apple wants to be associated with crime, and I was wondering what would Apple strategy be. And that's when I noticed that very specific claim "highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware", what are the words "private" and "mercenary" doing here? They do nothing but reduce their claims? I am not calling conspiracy here, and I really think what Apple did is great, but I suspect that specific wording is Apple being cautious, probably of potential association with crime.