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Originally Posted by stimpy
(Post 31769654)
As I wrote several times in this thread, you can choose to believe what they do, or will do in the future. There is a rather small pool of people who know exactly what they do, release to release.
Everyone should also be aware that Apple has to comply with the laws of every nation that they sell products and services in. Those laws can change and they can change in secret. There is an abundance of history of governments requiring compliance in secret reporting from financial infrastructure providers.
Originally Posted by tmiw
(Post 31770537)
(BTW, taken to its logical conclusion, you probably don't want to trust any device that doesn't have fully open software and hardware.
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Originally Posted by pdxer
(Post 31771057)
But even that can't be trusted unless you also write your own compiler and design and build the hardware...
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Originally Posted by tmiw
(Post 31772062)
As long as the compiler is open source as well, you wouldn't need to go that far.
You can't hire anyone to help, because they could be a secret agent... At some point, you have to trust people. |
Originally Posted by pdxer
(Post 31771057)
I choose to believe in reality, not conspiracy theories. There's nothing to gain and everything to lose.
The FBI tried to sue Apple to force them to create a back door. Apple said no and the few people at Apple who had the knowledge and skills to do it stated that they would resign if it ever came to that. But even that can't be trusted unless you also write your own compiler and design and build the hardware... |
Originally Posted by fliesdelta
(Post 31780693)
And have enough knowledge about cryptography to roll your own ciphers.
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