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> In a perfect world, yes. In reality, a friend lost his phone and forgot his Apple password. I fail to see how this is relevant concerning unencrypted communi
by fsflover 3y ago
> In a perfect world, yes. In reality, a friend lost his phone and forgot his Apple password.
I fail to see how this is relevant concerning unencrypted communication with Apple servers. There is no reason not to have it except malicious as far as I can see.
> targeted at the general public
This is HN, not a general forum. People here who care about privacy should be able to use such devices. So I recommend them.
- clemailacct1 3y ago> This is HN, not a general forum. People here who care about privacy should be able to use such devices. So I recommend them. I think the spirit of respectfully challenging what you're stating is the nuance of privacy versus the entire world. Even within the HN audience, I don't think it's a stretch to say some individuals would prefer a secure(data enc in transit)-and-available (note: not a complete E2E private against 3 letter agencies) versus perfect privacy. FWIW, I'm one of those folks that have iOS devices that turned on E2EE for iCloud. I'm attempting a "close as I can get to amazing privacy but also balancing the nuance of life" strategies.
- smoldesu 3y agoI don't think your lifestyle choice conflicts with educating people about backdoored systems. It seems to me that Hackers and civilians can work together to identify obviously backdoored systems (eg. Dual_EC_DRBG) and encourage review.