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> Can we assume that Apple will continue to fail to secure the iPhone against these spyware companies? Fail is an overstatement. Apple is part of PRISM and the
by hulitu 1y ago
> Can we assume that Apple will continue to fail to secure the iPhone against these spyware companies?
Fail is an overstatement. Apple is part of PRISM and the functionality is working as intended. When a hole becomes public, it is quickly patched.
- udev4096 1y agoThis. Apple, along with every "evil big tech", is in bed with NSA which was proven with PRISM
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Apple is part of PRISM PRISM was semi voluntary. And the legal immunities it operated under expired in 2017.
- bigyabai 1y agoPRISM was also disclosed through a whistleblower, not a FOIA request. I commend your naivete if you seriously think Apple was included in the old wiretaps but exempted from the new ones.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> if you seriously think Apple was included in the old wiretaps but exempted from the new ones Irrelevant to the inaccuracy of the statement “Apple is part of PRISM.” Present tense. (Emphasis mine.) It’s important in these discussions to separate the nihilists who are convinced all is always lost from those who know what they’re talking about.
- bigyabai 1y agoIt's a pedantic distinction with presumably zero consequences. Which is important to identify as it separates the eternally hopeful from those who've seen this cycle before.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> It's a pedantic distinction with presumably zero consequences You say from unfalsifiable supposition. That’s fine. You may not be wrong. But if the only evidence is mis-citing a shuttered programme, that’s important to note, too.
- commandersaki 1y agoOut of curiousity, what do you think PRISM actually is?