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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by s73v3r_ on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @11:11PM (#17308963)
Your argument fell apart when you said "secret". What do you do to prevent widespread abuse when the secret gets out?
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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by mirimir on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @11:54PM (#17309159)
I'm sure that's a reference to Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme,[0] which is hardly a secret.

0) http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by davidgay on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @11:37PM (#17309087)
per-device key.
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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by mcny on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:42AM (#17310299)
Who holds the per device key? If someone holds all the per device keys (or parts of the per device key) you've painted a bulls eye on their face. In all honesty, I cannot trust the US government with secrets like this because I don't see us being willing to secure it at the same level that we secure our nukes. And dear lord even that level of security likely won't be enough to fend off internal and external threats.
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