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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by bunderbunder on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:29PM (#17307542)
Yep, and private keys are never compromised.

Aside from the many, many known cases where they are: http://legacydirs.umiacs.umd.edu/~tdumitra/papers/CCS-2017.p...

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by Veedrac on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:35PM (#17307576)
As best as I can tell, if you don't trust OS or microcode updates, you can't trust your phone at all unless you airgap it or somesuch.
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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by wholinator2 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:56PM (#17307721)
Very true. Everyone should know their TNO, Trust No One. As far as I can see it's the only way to really operate in the world of computer security that we live in.
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