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Nice solution! Google, can we get that on Android by default to reach the masses? Apple... you too: you built a reputation for protecting privacy.
by mcherm 8mo ago
Nice solution! Google, can we get that on Android by default to reach the masses? Apple... you too: you built a reputation for protecting privacy.
- digiown 8mo agoIt's not quite settled whether the FBI is able to demand you to decrypt data for now. If this becomes widespread enough, they might try to get SCOTUS to decide this, which may or may not end privacy once and for all.
- fragmede 8mo agoI thought it was. I thought passcodes can't be demanded but biometrics could.
- drnick1 8mo agoIf you want privacy, Google and Apple are not the answer. And Apple's claims about privacy are mostly unverifiable and should not be trusted.
- EA-3167 8mo agoPrivacy from what? From a determined government and court system? Nothing is going to keep you private from that. From your peers and family? Apple and Google keep you private in that regard. As for the world of privacy in between those extremes: it depends.
- fragmede 8mo ago> From a determined government and court system? Nothing is going to keep you private from that While there's always https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/ there are not currently quantum computers that can factor 4k RSA keys, so the court can order whatever it wants, unless they have a way past that (which may involve variations of xkcd 538), they ain't getting shit out of a properly configured digital safe. (construction of said safe is left as an exercise to the reader.)
- digiown 8mo agoxkcd 538 can be defeated by a duress wipe feature like the one GrapheneOS has. Your life might be in jeopardy, but the data will be safe.
- EA-3167 8mo agoMost of us (reporters included) aren't protecting anything with their life, not just because of a survival instinct, but because what we're protecting isn't actually worth that much. For the relative handful who are custodians of that sort of data, history suggests a smaller minority than they'd like to admit have a readily achievable breaking point. The true believers who are left then are a minority that's hardly impossible to track and subvert through attacks that don't involve decryption on a device. The point of that XKCD wasn't to be THE SINGULAR EXAMPLE, it's sort of a Zen Koan for people who only think in terms of technical risks and solutions.
- raw_anon_1111 8mo agoOr they can just let you rot in jail for contempt charges
- bornfreddy 8mo agoFrom advertizers? From power-grabbing BigTech?
- ranger_danger 8mo agoI don't think any rational discussion about privacy can be had without first describing exactly what your definition of "privacy" is in this specific context, AND you must define a threat model. Otherwise we can't know if the vendor is even relevant to what they care about.