U.S. DoJ Increases Hostility Towards Apple In Latest Court Filing

[jojesa]

I think this might be the only thing I like about Apple. I cannot believe Western Digital and Seagate already allowed spying backdoors installed onto the HDD firmware.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The FBI could easily open that phone.

 

[InvalidError]

The FBI could easily open that phone.

But it won't be able to get into a device with Secure Enclave or equivalent security. All the strong-arming attempts in the Bernardino and NYC cases are to force Apple to back down before the FBI gets a case where it might genuinely need access to an encrypted device with hardware-enhanced security. (And get easier snooping into other devices the rest of the time.)

 

[alidan]

if i was apple i would publicly start looking into leaving the country.

 

[Hydrotricithline]

Apple needs to move to China.. atleast there they don't pretend to be a free country.

 

[clonazepam]

Hah don't say that. My brother-in-law is supporting his family from the income of helping build Apple's space ship office up north.

 

[xxsk8er101xx]

Fact of the matter is that Apple will pack up and leave before ever providing a back door to their technology. It's like creating a back door to a bank. It makes no sense first of all and second of all the banks would close up if there was a back door.

At some point you need to critically think and not just agree with your government.

 

[InvalidError]

It's like creating a back door to a bank. It makes no sense first of all and second of all the banks would close up if there was a back door.

Banks already have a back-door: court orders. Once the bank receives a court order to fork over all your bank accounts' history and safety deposit boxes, they'll walk out with everything on the court order's shopping list a few minutes later.

They cannot do that with strongly encrypted devices where only the device owner knows the password used to scramble other keys.

 

[DeadlyDays]

It's like creating a back door to a bank. It makes no sense first of all and second of all the banks would close up if there was a back door.

Banks already have a back-door: court orders. Once the bank receives a court order to fork over all your bank accounts' history and safety deposit boxes, they'll walk out with everything on the court order's shopping list a few minutes later.

They cannot do that with strongly encrypted devices where only the device owner knows the password used to scramble other keys.

Now imagine there was a way to spoof court documents and validate them and all you had to do was wave the court documents under a scanner to automatically be let into the vault, no human supervision needed. There is a private hallway to the vault, there is a closet with premade disguises/identities to put on and wear before you walk in. Now imagine you can walk into that hallway from anywhere in the world, and the security into the room is a sign that says "employees only".
That is an unencrypted or backdoored device.
Do you trust random people not to walk into the door and look at all the stuff, or the government to do the same and just not mention it?

 

[mrmez]

But I've got noting to hide.