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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by archgoon on Monday February 22, 2016 @12:44PM (#11152666)
I believe the parents point is that Apple having a signing key is no different in principle than them making an operating system and signing it. Apple possesses information that can compromise a phone, and if it's possible for an signed OS image to be compromised, then it's possible for the signing key to be compromised.
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Re:Answers to your questions about Apple and security by noelsusman on Monday February 22, 2016 @10:49PM (#11156375)
This is what I've been saying all along. If Apple has the ability to do this then the security is already compromised. The fact that it hasn't been physically created yet is a minor detail.

I also don't understand why they couldn't provide the FBI with an OS that refuses to run on anything other than the specific device in question. Isn't that the whole point of code signing?

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