The Operating System IS the Back Door - Kotaku In Action 2

The Operating System IS the Back Door (www.forbes.com)

posted 132 days ago by RhodesianRidgeback 132 days ago by RhodesianRidgeback +28 / -0

Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw

The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.

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– DemolitionsPanda 4 points 131 days ago +4 / -0

Australia has laws that allow the government to secretly order a company to write software and use its update-distribution framework to target some or all of their users.

For example. The Aussie Government could order Apple Australia to write and push a patch that defeated phone cryptography or installed a back door. It would be illegal for Apple Australia to tell anyone.

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