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The footnote theory that I quote below doesn't sound that far fetched to me, especially after knowing about Stuxnet. I don't know if the FBI is involved, but th
by koide 14y ago
The footnote theory that I quote below doesn't sound that far fetched to me, especially after knowing about Stuxnet. I don't know if the FBI is involved, but the theory is not that wacky for an FBI hack.
For instance, I can’t figure out how and why the FBI would
have collected APNS tokens. What are they going to
do, steal the SpankApps SSL certificates somehow
and send a fake push notification from Glitter Draw
Free to a terrorist’s phone?
- nateabele 14y agoAgreed, but I think it would be a mistake to assume that this necessarily has anything to do with 'terrism'. Let's not forget, these are the same people who brought you Carnivore.
- koide 14y agoRight, s/terrorist/victim/. FTR, I'm not affirming this actually is a plot by FBI to send fake updates to everyone. Just saying the theory is not as far fetched as Marco implied, either targeting terrorists or everybody.
- tptacek 14y ago"From the organization that brought you court-ordered installation of a basic Ethernet sniffer comes APNS-enabled MITM'ing of individual IOS applications"? That doesn't follow. I don't like the FBI installing sniffers at ISPs either, but "Carnivore" is just a dumb name for a technique you had to have assumed the FBI already had (what, they can tap phones but we thought email was off limits?).
- ralfd 14y agoStuxnet was a covert intelligence operation. The FBI is a whole different beast than a "secret intelligence service". (By the way, the NSA is by law limited to foreign communications.)
- jahmed 14y agoNSA is by public law limited to foreign communications. Secret law is a different matter.