Re:Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored...
by desdiv on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:56PM
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In the clean room reverse engineering case:
1a. one team examines the device and products a detailed specification of it
1b. another team works solely off that newly produced specification; this team has zero contact with the actual device
In this hypothetical case:
2a. a third party affiliate accepts the Apple EULA, and gives the Apple IDs to NSO Group
2b. NSO Group uses the Apple IDs as credential to obtain Apple services
Notice that in case 2b, NSO Group has actual contact with Apple in two ways. They used Apple IDs, and that they obtain Apple services. This didn't happen in the reverse engineering case.
1a. one team examines the device and products a detailed specification of it
1b. another team works solely off that newly produced specification; this team has zero contact with the actual device
In this hypothetical case:
2a. a third party affiliate accepts the Apple EULA, and gives the Apple IDs to NSO Group
2b. NSO Group uses the Apple IDs as credential to obtain Apple services
Notice that in case 2b, NSO Group has actual contact with Apple in two ways. They used Apple IDs, and that they obtain Apple services. This didn't happen in the reverse engineering case.