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Well, if people over hear heard something like the KGB can spy on people who use Russian tech company products, people would avoid them even if it isn't necessa
by surge 13y ago
Well, if people over hear heard something like the KGB can spy on people who use Russian tech company products, people would avoid them even if it isn't necessarily true. Supposedly, the encryption iOS implements is supposed to be NSA proof. But public perception and consumer confidence in a product is everything. Reddit talks about it as much if not more so then Hacker News on the common front page reddits and I've seen quite a bit of griping about it from non-techie friends on FB.
I think its very likely the contractual disagreement, but I'd be very interested to know if sales for US-based technology products have fallen since recent revelations came to light.
- PeterisP 13y agoCome on - people overhearing that "KGB can spy on people using X" would not change anything, it is expected and well known that KGB/FSB can spy on you no matter what equipment you use; heck, if you're a political activist or interesting to the politically connected megacompanies, then you may have microphones in your house (no matter if your phone is "safe") and physical keyloggers in your keyboard cable (no matter if your software is "safe"). In that environment, you aren't surprised by backdoors, you treat them as a natural part of life. ALL things have backdoors, no matter who made them, so for individuals (not army/gov't purchases) that isn't a factor, you just choose whichever device you like. If they're not spying on you, then backdoors don't matter; and if they're spying on you, then they'll get the backdoor in anyways. If it didn't have backdoors at manufacturing time then it may have backdoors by the time it's sold to you. If the device didn't have backdoors when arriving at your house, well, it might have been installed yesterday. Americans could/should be surprised, but not Russians.