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Chinese Hack of US ISPs Show Why Apple Is Right About Backdoors
Thursday October 10, 2024. 12:00 PM , from Slashdot/Apple
Our arguments against such backdoors predate both cases, when Apple spoke out on the issue in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris more than a decade ago: 'Apple is absolutely right to say that the moment you build in a backdoor for use by governments, it will only be a matter of time before hackers figure it out. You cannot have an encryption system which is only a little bit insecure any more than you can be a little bit pregnant. Encryption systems are either secure or they're not -- and if they're not then it's a question of when, rather than if, others are able to exploit the vulnerability.' This latest case perfectly illustrates the point. The law required ISPs to create backdoors that could be used for wiretaps by US law enforcement, and hackers have now found and accessed them. Exactly the same would be true if Apple created backdoors into iPhones. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/10/025236/chinese-hack-of-us-isps-show-why-apple-is-right-abo...
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