Any sort of warranty or security representation is basically snake oil except in a very narrow set of circumstances and conditions, yet still not 100%. If Apple

Any sort of warranty or security representation is basically snake oil except in a very narrow set of circumstances and conditions, yet still not 100%. If Apple can't keep iPhones 100% locked down, with billions of security spend, no fucking way some government program is going to authentic security across a wide variety of devices or various hardware & software qualities. One thing the government can or perhaps should mandate, and is easily verifiable, is kill switches - devices should be physically incapable of connecting to any wireless network when a kill switch is engaged. If the FTC or a trade regulator wants to regulate at another level, maybe they could also say certain classes of devices must continue to function when disconnection (I might want the Apple TV plugged in to the TV connected to the internet, but the TV itself totally disconnected.) Because some devices now will surreptitiously search for open WiFi networks and try to go online even if a user does not connect via WiFi, this seems reasonable. If we go down the route of a government agency creating and mandating security, #1 Government back doors will persist and perhaps even be required (relevant to the whole TikTok thing this week.) #2 They will be unable to quickly respond to new threat surfaces while still representing that whatever is present is secure (it isn't.)