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Re:Why does the government worry about Apple encryption but ... by Buffout on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:41AM (#34364972) 

    Whenever Apple upgrades it's privacy scheme it seems the government becomes quite concerned requesting backdoors and such. However we have had apps like Signal and WhatsApp and a plethora of others with e2e for years.
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    Is it because our phones are compromised enough that they can access data before any user-space encryption ever takes place?
This is true. If your Android is compromised then e2e encryption is also broken, because you will find keys in memory.
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Re:Why does the government worry about Apple encryption but ... by controversial97 on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:38AM (#34366478)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI-Apple_encryption_dispute

Part of it is the time that the FBI wanted Apple to create custom firmware to allow unlimited attempts to enter a PIN number.

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