Apple previews Lockdown Mode

Re:Apple previews Lockdown Mode by stjohnswarts on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @05:38PM (#32007133)

Not just the US, so do the EU, any five eyes country, China, Korea, Taiwan. The US doesn't have a hegemony on backdoors so lets always remember that and not exclude others or act like it's an island of corruption in a world of benevolent state actors.

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Re:Apple previews Lockdown Mode by Miraste on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @05:59PM (#32007355)

I don't think Korea or Australia have the power to force Apple to build backdoors into their products. Maybe they'd get to use the US one if they asked nicely.

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Re:Apple previews Lockdown Mode by __d on Thursday July 07, 2022 @08:56AM (#32013472)

Australian law requires that Apple enable a "backdoor" when issued a Technical Capability Notice.

I don't know one has been issued. But Apple still sells devices in Australia, so I'm assuming it has complied when it was asked.

See https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/Austral... for an overview.

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Re:Apple previews Lockdown Mode by Handytinge on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:55PM (#32129902)

TCNs can only be issued to CSPs, Apple isn't one.

There are enough issues with the spying bills introduced in the last few years without creating ones that don't exist.

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Re:Apple previews Lockdown Mode by buildbot on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @06:26PM (#32007641)

Unless it was some kind of false flag to encourage trust, the US government asked less than nicely via the FBI and Apple told them to pound sand.

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