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"There is no way for us to defend ourselves: even skilled technologists who administer their own networked services are no match for the bandits. To keep bandits out, you have to be perfect and perfectly vigilant, and never make a single mistake. For the bandits to get you, they need merely find a single mistake that you’ve made." Ooof. What a boot-to-the-face reminder. Despite my use of a Tor Router, three ubikeys a…
What really puzzles me about Apple fans and it's userbase is that they do not care . They simply do not care at all what's being done to them. It's the strongest example of consumer cultism. Absolute in their exceptionalism and ignorance. Similar problems discussed in the article are found in Tesla. The lowest common denominator of consumer cultism is surveillance and it's no surprise that both Apple and Tesla do exc…
They simply do not care at all what's being done to them.
Likely many of the flaws apple products have are piling up to a "straw that broke the camels back" situation for users in a few years or decades.
When you assume other's intentions and feelings, bad things happen.
What really puzzles me about Apple fans and it's userbase is that they do not care . They simply do not care at all what's being done to them. It's the strongest example of consumer cultism. Absolute in their exceptionalism and ignorance. Similar problems discussed in the article are found in Tesla. The lowest common denominator of consumer cultism is surveillance and it's no surprise that both Apple and Tesla do exc…
Alternatively, they know what's going on and approve of it.
Consider that this blog post frames the issue as one of surveillance, instead of an anti-malware effort. If you are inclined to be anti-Apple-at-any-cost, then you will agree with the blog post. If you are a happy Apple user, you are inclined to go for the latter explanation.
> It's the strongest example of consumer cultism. Absolute in their exceptionalism and ignorance.
Now you're being ridiculous, snobby, and insinuating that you are of course immune to such motivations. Sucks to see this on HN.
What really puzzles me about Apple fans and it's userbase is that they do not care . They simply do not care at all what's being done to them. It's the strongest example of consumer cultism. Absolute in their exceptionalism and ignorance. Similar problems discussed in the article are found in Tesla. The lowest common denominator of consumer cultism is surveillance and it's no surprise that both Apple and Tesla do exc…
They are hardly alone. There are so many issues to worry about you can really only afford to pay attention to a few. Water pollution, food pollution, being able to to be housed and fed 20 years ago...the list goes on and on. And computer security is obscure and way down the list.
And specifically addressing your case, the same is true of Windows and, TBH, all Linux distros. You've checked everything on your machine for back doors?
As far as I know, the door isn't quite shut on macos, and maybe a ulysses pact is sort of in place.
But if they could do that for ios, I would be so. happy.
What really puzzles me about Apple fans and it's userbase is that they do not care . They simply do not care at all what's being done to them. It's the strongest example of consumer cultism. Absolute in their exceptionalism and ignorance. Similar problems discussed in the article are found in Tesla. The lowest common denominator of consumer cultism is surveillance and it's no surprise that both Apple and Tesla do exc…
There are some refugees from Apple periodically though.
https://blog.codinghorror.com/serving-at-the-pleasure-of-the...
"There is no way for us to defend ourselves: even skilled technologists who administer their own networked services are no match for the bandits. To keep bandits out, you have to be perfect and perfectly vigilant, and never make a single mistake. For the bandits to get you, they need merely find a single mistake that you’ve made." Ooof. What a boot-to-the-face reminder. Despite my use of a Tor Router, three ubikeys a…
The reason that number stations continue to operate is that it really is the best way to communicate/order under surveillance which almost certainly is happening in every embassy in non-friendly countries.
One time pads are truly unbreakable and it's techniques have been refined for the past 80 years since Cold War began.
Luckily you don't need a shortwave radio anymore and the CIA I believe utilizes emoticons. Even if you intercept a bunch of smiley faces followed by a wink, how do you figure out the contents of the message when the medium to decode is completely unknowable?
It was only when they captured a few Cuban spies were they able to break the number stations operating out of Havana but this is perhaps the only case in history.
Tons of Free Software is too complex or just shitty be secure (not that proprietary software is better though!), but at least I am in full control of that which I need to fortify.