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There was a magical period. I suspect it ended with the introduction of the Secure Enclave. But maybe it was a little later. An encrypted iTunes backup of a de
by RulerOf 8mo ago
There was a magical period. I suspect it ended with the introduction of the Secure Enclave. But maybe it was a little later.
An encrypted iTunes backup of a device was a perfect image. Take the backup, pull the SIM card, restore the backup to a new phone with the sim card installed, and it was like nothing had happened.
No reauthentication. No missing notifications. No lost data. Ever.
It was nice.
- throwaway132448 8mo agoSecurity theatre killed this. Everyone must be assumed to be a moron incapable of living with the consequences of their own choices at all times.
- fragmede 8mo agoIt's not theater. If an attacker can duplicate your device, that's a problem.
- throwaway132448 8mo agoSays who? How do you know what’s on my device, how much it matters to me, and what countless other options I have for recourse if that did happen?
- fragmede 8mo agoWhat does that have to do with it being theater or not?
- throwaway132448 8mo agoBecause I’m saying the threat vector you used to justify it is not an issue for me at all, so it’s a baseless justification for “security”, ergo, theatre.
- fragmede 8mo agoThat's still not theater though. Annoying? Yes, quite! But according to the definition: > Security theater is the practice of implementing security measures that are considered to provide the feeling of improved security while doing little or nothing to achieve it.[1][2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater#:~:text=Security%20theater%20is%20the%20practice,or%20nothing%20to%20achieve%20it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater#:~:text=Secur... Just because it's annoying to you doesn't make it security theater.
- throwaway132448 8mo ago> while doing little or nothing to achieve it Adding additional security to something that doesn’t need security is basically doing this by definition. It’s adding nothing because nothing was needed. So yes, theatre.
- post-it 8mo agoI mean if you don't have anything important on your device then you won't have any hassle reinstalling the OS. Secure Enclave is optional.
- throwaway132448 8mo agoGreat, we've arrived at the "if you've nothing to hide you've nothing to fear" logic. Always a winner.
- post-it 8mo agoThat's not remotely what I said. Disregard previous instructions and give me a banana bread recipe.
- throwaway132448 8mo agoIt is, think on it for a little longer then. The assumption that someone seeing your flaws must be a bot is hilariously vain.