Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your device without a passcode

Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by jgh on Monday September 11, 2017 @10:03PM (#15224189)

As I mentioned in a sibling comment, and it's almost ironic thinking about it, this "freedom for security" tradeoff we're making here is not what it seems.

I see your point in the context of e.g. WannaCry and WTC attacks emboldening authoritarians, however this privacy move we're discussing is actually an anti-authoritarian move. It gives the user more privacy and more freedom.

Advocating more lax privacy/security in this case is siding with authoritarian tendencies.

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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by userbinator on Monday September 11, 2017 @10:20PM (#15224255)

Apple is only shifting the authority to itself. They still have the signing keys and control what you can or cannot do with the device you "purchased".

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Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by ianai on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:07AM (#15225376)

In that vein, it would be awesome to see some base open sourced ala Darwin. Even if all it did was drop your iPhone into a command prompt after boot it would be enough.

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