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Kaspersky was spying on international citizens for over a decade, providing data for both the FSB and GRU. ...and now they're complaining about counter surveillance by the FBI?
From the article > We believe that the main reason for this incident is the proprietary nature of iOS. This operating system is a “black box”, in which spyware like Triangulation can hide for years. Detecting and analyzing such threats is made all the more difficult by Apple’s monopoly of research tools – making it a perfect haven for spyware. In other words, as I’ve often said, users are given the illusion of securi…
From the article > We believe that the main reason for this incident is the proprietary nature of iOS. This operating system is a “black box”, in which spyware like Triangulation can hide for years. Detecting and analyzing such threats is made all the more difficult by Apple’s monopoly of research tools – making it a perfect haven for spyware. In other words, as I’ve often said, users are given the illusion of securi…
From the article > We believe that the main reason for this incident is the proprietary nature of iOS. This operating system is a “black box”, in which spyware like Triangulation can hide for years. Detecting and analyzing such threats is made all the more difficult by Apple’s monopoly of research tools – making it a perfect haven for spyware. In other words, as I’ve often said, users are given the illusion of securi…
Shatters Apple's argument that all of these hurdles are better for security. I wonder if testimony like this could affect any of their antitrust lawsuits or right to repair lobbying.
A stronger counter to Apple's argument is the relative pricing of exploits… but the story I'm remembering is old enough that I don't want to just assume it's still true, even though it's near the top of my search results:
https://www.wired.com/story/android-zero-day-more-than-ios-z...
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> These days on a larger scale there's basically NATO, SCO, UAE, Israel and the African Union as alliances (setting aside (former) British colonies). Which one's the good one?
Only Siths deal in absolutes. Among that list, NATO is by far the preferred option.
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You make it sound like big tech companies never cooperate with the law enforcement. I bet CIA and FBI have their hand so far up Zuck’s ass it’s almost like Minority Report at this point.
Of course it is like this. We live in the golden age of cyberwars. But you as a founder decide whose values of the surrounding society you align your company with. In an autocratic nation these controls are kind of absolutist in nature, whereas in democracies you have at least some sense of oversight. Given the mechanics of the game, where you reside your company tells a lot about who you're friends with. These days…
From the article > We believe that the main reason for this incident is the proprietary nature of iOS. This operating system is a “black box”, in which spyware like Triangulation can hide for years. Detecting and analyzing such threats is made all the more difficult by Apple’s monopoly of research tools – making it a perfect haven for spyware. In other words, as I’ve often said, users are given the illusion of securi…
Also: iOS 16 is not vulnerable and it was released on September 12, 2022 - why are those phones out of date for so long?
Kaspersky was spying on international citizens for over a decade, providing data for both the FSB and GRU. ...and now they're complaining about counter surveillance by the FBI?
Do you have any sources for this? I'm interested in reading more about it after seeing a lot of allegations. I don't recall ever seeing anything concrete.
[1]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-11/kaspersky...
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You make it sound like big tech companies never cooperate with the law enforcement. I bet CIA and FBI have their hand so far up Zuck’s ass it’s almost like Minority Report at this point.
Of course it is like this. We live in the golden age of cyberwars. But you as a founder decide whose values of the surrounding society you align your company with. In an autocratic nation these controls are kind of absolutist in nature, whereas in democracies you have at least some sense of oversight. Given the mechanics of the game, where you reside your company tells a lot about who you're friends with. These days…
Can you give some examples of oversight ?
For this to change the community needs to create the needed tools. I don't think Apple will ever help you with something that can potentially make them look bad.