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There is precedent for Apple actively helping US spies: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple-helped-us-government-build-a-secret-ipod-f
by sneak 3y ago
There is precedent for Apple actively helping US spies:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple-helped-us-government-build-a-secret-ipod-former-engineer-says/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/apple...
https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ipod/ https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip...
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- skygazer 3y agoSummary: Apple apparently helped Bechtel (a nuclear security contractor contracted to USG) build a one-off spy device out of an iPod in 2005 -- Bechtel provided hardware mod, Apple provided technical support for developers adding a buried menu item to iPod software to enable/disable the device, suggested to possibly be a Geiger counter and also advised where the data might be inconspicuously stored on the hdd.
- hulitu 3y ago> Bechtel (a nuclear security contractor contracted to USG) It is funny how this company makes everything, from highways to nuclear reactors.
- hulitu 3y agoAh, Bechtel, the company which comes in every newly aquired American colony to suck the victim's government money.