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Apple does care about government espionage, especially for journalists, human rights activists. But if a government can hack a device, so can criminals or peopl
by bzzzt 3y ago
Apple does care about government espionage, especially for journalists, human rights activists. But if a government can hack a device, so can criminals or people trying to make a quick buck by 'refurbishing' the phones with fake parts.
I can't take anything Rossman says serious since his 'miracles' can't be performed at scale. Apple doesn't fight him, they simply have different priorities.
- ixwt 3y agoIf you have lost physical control of your device long enough for hardware to be replaced, you should consider it compromised and untrustworthy if you are working at that level of attack risk. And they absolutely could be done at scale. If more people were in the field and had the know how, it could absolutely be done at scale. In many of his video he remarks that it's difficult for him because he can't source parts, because Apple refuses to sell them to him. He has to go to eBay to buy parts for many devices he fixes.