Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK
by brookst on Saturday February 22, 2025 @02:45AM
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The end user protection is to sign updates and publish the fingerprints. It should not be possible for one device to get a different binary than everyone else.
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Re:Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK
by jiggawatts on Sunday February 23, 2025 @05:01PM
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How exactly do you plan on implementing this as an end user?
Even if you somehow manage to ensure 100% consistency with other users for updates you manually “pull” from the vendor, the vendor could simply have your device automatically reach out and update itself with a stealth update.
Or everyone can get the same exact binary, but it has a hash code check on it that activates the evil bits only on your device.
Etc…