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I do not think that holds up today. While there do still exist a wide variety of unsecured vectors, those are closing rapidly. Look at any of the closed hardwar
by fbdab103 3y ago
I do not think that holds up today. While there do still exist a wide variety of unsecured vectors, those are closing rapidly. Look at any of the closed hardware platforms (Xbox, Playstation, iPhone, TPM, etc). People with strong desires to exfiltrate data are stymied.
- iudqnolq 3y agoIt's not that simple. Everything, even secure hardware, can have bugs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/14/azimuth-san-bernardino-apple-iphone-fbi/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/14/azimuth...
- HWR_14 3y agoWhile people with strong desires are stymied, I wouldn't trust any of those systems against a motivated nation-state.
- fbdab103 3y agoWhile nothing is perfect, newer security models do have strong theoretical security guarantees (barring implementation problems). Significantly strong enough that it will certainly stop random guy-who-is-good-with-computers. Which is the actual threat model for 99.99% of the population. Nation states have significantly more and different attack options available (eg unencrypted cloud backups, rubber stamped warrants, and old-fashioned rubber-hose attacks).
- JohnFen 3y agoIt totally holds up today. The difference is that modern security measures make it much more expensive to do. The "natural law of security" -- If you can access it legally, you can access it illegally -- remains true.