Re:iOS 11 Security [pdf]
by frutiger on Saturday January 13, 2018 @03:29PM
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So as a regular user, golerka's biggest concern should be that the Chinese government is going to steal their credit card number/look through some of their private pictures/create a profile on them because Apple's employee background checks might not be thorough enough?
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No, Golerka's biggest concern should be that some independent researcher or Romanian hacker will discover the back door, and they will use it to steal money directly out of their bank or brokerage accounts.
In other words: I think that the odds are >0 that there is a systemic weakness in Apple's security, either accidental (like the meltdown and spectre issues almost certainly are) or deliberately introduced by a mole, or by Apple's management in service of some higher cause. I think that the odds are further >0 that this weakness could be discovered by a malicious party, and that will end up leading to major problems, not all of which will necessarily be immediately obvious.
> In other words: I think that the odds are >0 that there is a systemic weakness in Apple's security
I think the odds are >0 that I will get a straight flush in my next hand at poker. Unfortunately, while true, this is not a valuable observation.