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Re:Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden l... by blhack on Friday July 12, 2013 @12:27PM (#6033482)
Why not just a backdoor in the OS? I mean...if we're seriously considering that apple would put a backdoor into FileVault, why not just put one in the OS proper?

FileVault could be some hypothetical magic uncrackable encryption with a keyspace bigger than the known universe...and it would never matter if there was a backdoor in the OS.

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