On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:32:42 +1000 Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
Cause for both cautious optimism - this might result in a competitive market for 'full system' 'wholistic' encryption ecosystem -
@pp13 at BlackHat: Reopening the "Going Dark" Debate https://lawfareblog.com/apple-blackhat-reopening-going-dark-debate
Sorry, that is just apple spam. Apple is a bunch of psychos whose only purpose in life is to steal as much money as possible thanks to state-granted 'intellectual property' monopolies. That means two thigs : one) they would never do anything that can hurt their partner in crime. Apple can't exist without the state. It would be crazy for them to fight the state. two) since what they want is money, then they have to sell garbage that the 'market' wants. And the 'market' is not interested in security. So, it doesn't make any sense for them to sell stuff that allegedly protects people from the police(their partners anyway).
(The author says some things which sound a bit messed up e.g. "Apple built the very thing that they and the privacy community have been saying for years is reckless, dangerous or impossible: a high-value encryption key secured in a vault such that the key can’t be stolen or misused by hackers or malicious insiders" - perhaps he's attempting to obfuscate things, or perhaps his own mind is naturally obfuscated.)