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I trust 404 media more than most sources, but I can’t help but reflexively read every story prominently showcasing the FBI’s supposed surveillance gaps as attem

I trust 404 media more than most sources, but I can’t help but reflexively read every story prominently showcasing the FBI’s supposed surveillance gaps as attempted watering hole attacks. The NSA almost certainly has hardware backdoors in Apple silicon, as disclosed a couple of years ago by the excellent researchers at Kaspersky. That being the case, Lockdown Mode is not even in play.

chuckadams 8mo ago
The NSA is not going to tip its hand about any backdoors it had built into the hardware for something as small as this.
- ddtaylor 8mo ago
  It depends on if parallel reconstruction can be used to provide deniability.
  - chuckadams 8mo ago
    Even a parallel construction has limited uses, since you can't use the same excuse every time. The NSA probably doesn't trust the FBI to come up with something plausible.
    - ddtaylor 8mo ago
      That depends on how apathetic people are. Most of the time they will accept a completely garbage story and you can create infinitely many of those.
      - chuckadams 8mo ago
        Sure, and that’s why juries buy the same line from cops every time, but major actors actually affected by potential backdoors are likely to be a bit more skeptical and start digging around for the real reasons.