Evidence points to another leaker at the NSA

Re:Evidence points to another leaker at the NSA by silvestrov on Monday August 22, 2016 @12:49PM (#12337588)

When the back door is created, it cannot be destroyed. FBI had tons of other phones they wanted to access [1]. Hacking one phone would set a precedent that Apple would have to hack numerous other phones.

It is so simple to steal software, just like NSA's hacking tools were stolen.

If NSA cannot keep software safe, why can you think that Apple can? I think it's unreasonable to require Apple to have a higher level of security than NSA effectively has.

1: http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Apple-FBI-face-off-in-C...

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Re:Evidence points to another leaker at the NSA by unfamiliar on Monday August 22, 2016 @02:04PM (#12338147)

> When the back door is created, it cannot be destroyed.

If the "backdoor" in question is a malicious signed OS update, then it can absolutely be destroyed. There are plenty of reasons to avoid backdoors without imbuing them with mystical qualities like the inability to delete them.

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Re:Evidence points to another leaker at the NSA by charliedevolve on Monday August 22, 2016 @02:14PM (#12338223)

Signed updates aren't secure either. Ask Microsoft.

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Re:Evidence points to another leaker at the NSA by ethanbond on Monday August 22, 2016 @03:41PM (#12338841)

The backdoor itself can be destroyed. The precedent of compelling a company to write an intrusion into its own software cannot be destroyed.

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Re:Evidence points to another leaker at the NSA by a3n on Monday August 22, 2016 @03:20PM (#12338693)

It would be like requiring a pediatrician to keep smallpox in their refrigerator.

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