Re:Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security?
by cronix on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:51PM
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Yes I should have said impractical.
I'd hate to think of what a special iPhone would cost just for the Australian market, which is relatively small, should Apple (and others) decide to not foist this on everyone else world-wide. Just come out with different hardware that's easier to hack just for Australia - only to be sold in Australia, and charge appropriately. Make them pay more to be less secure. It would be justifiable if the hardware was different for a smaller market. It's no different than if they came up with their own cellular system that was incompatible with international standards. It would cost more to build for it because it's a small market with unique requirements.
Re:Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security?
by azinman2 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:50PM
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That would be fundamentally against Apple’s values.
Disclosure: I work for Apple.
Re:Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security?
by confounded on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @05:38PM
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iMessage decryption keys on servers controlled by the Chinese government went ahead just fine.
Values are useful, but not as useful as an attractive stock-price.
Well, they can. You can do a lot when you're a trillion dollar company. It's just grossly inefficient and ugly and they'll try to avoid it if they can, sharing as much as possible when they can't, the same way everyone deals with multiple possible configurations they have to support. I too hope they put their foot down, though.