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Wrong. The only 3 options are these: 1) The NSA knew about it, and exploited it. 2) NSA itself planted it surreptitiously. 3) Apple, complicit with the NSA,
by higherpurpose 13y ago
Wrong. The only 3 options are these:
1) The NSA knew about it, and exploited it.
2) NSA itself planted it surreptitiously.
3) Apple, complicit with the NSA, added it.
Such a bug would've never lasted this long without NSA knowing about it. Even if they didn't find it themselves, which seems unlikely, they would've bought it from the exploit black market long before now. There are people who all they do long is try to find exploits in the iPhone.
And as we know, if NSA can do something, NSA will do it. So they most definitely took advantage of that "bug" and everyone's data that they could get through it.
To me the more likely scenario is still that Apple cooperated with the NSA here. The "adding to PRISM" at the same time this bug appear is way too coincidental.
- mkempe 13y agoFurther to 1) if the NSA fulfilled its mission and actually helped secure the country against enemies, they would have immediately told Apple about the security hole. Hence we're down to 2) and a modified 3) Apple, complicit with the NSA, added or kept it.