Smartphone users can do "very little" to stop security services getting "total control" over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden tells the BBC in his first British TV interview.
Might I politely add, that the fruit store has bet its entire image on the opposite of what you’re claiming? So if the new fruit store head farmer decides to lift the plastic lid and press the res button, they would make an irreversible decision which would be the end of them right away.
Millions of dollars of bounties both by Israeli intelligence, Apple themselves and several entities on the dark web still haven’t come up with anything near credible to support these theories. Unless you’re counting bugs found, reported and patched.
We should by all means work towards open hardware with a FOSS Linux mobile OS on it, but this theory is so tiring.
Could the fruit store technically accomplish this? Yes. Can they do it silently? Yes for at most a few weeks before it comes out. Could they weaponise it on just a few people? Again, this would come out in no time.
Ps Snowden being alive and well in Russia for this long should tell you something else too.
Fruity mobiles have been hacked multiple times. The Israelis routinely do so. Pegasus might right a bell. Jeff Bezos was even a victim.
Also, the fruit store’s App Store still has malware despite the 30% they steal from developers in the name of “security”.
The company also sells ads and ad placements BTW. If that isn’t an indication of their goals…
Regarding bounties, they have regularly snubbed white hats and pentesters. They are one of the most wealthy companies in the world and hate paying bounties. The one I remember clearly is a dude finding exploits in their supply chain, which could’ve led to the attacker sending phones anywhere they wanted and emptying warehouses or adding unnecessary stock. They for nothing, yet the bugs were quietly resolved. Any adversary could thus do what the Israelis did and reroute shipments to modify material before it reaches its destination.
And let’s not forget the incident where people started seeing photos on their phones from other people’s iCloud, or employees repeatedly snooping on iCloud accounts, especially of celebrities, despite the data being “encrypted”.
Or that time Macs couldn’t function because some server somewhere was getting DDOSed?
Finally, it’s a US company. The CLOUD Act and Patriot Act force(d) them to so what was decided in secret courts, without ever being given the right to expose it.
There’s more, you just have to care to look for it. They are masters of marketing. That’s their entire thing and you are falling for it. Remember that corps aren’t here dlr you. They are here for the money. Especially big companies like that.
You’re right they are masters of marketing which is why they couldn’t afford this type of scandal you’re describing.
App store being atrocious and bezos being hacked? Care to substantiate any of these claims?
Next you’ll say the victims of the fappening all had iphones too.
There’s plenty of substantive stuff to be mad at the fruit company for, but you’re just spreading rumours at best or wilful misinformation to try and get more people on the linux train.
Your goals are noble, but your means slightly dark.
If there was a backdoor in something this massive, we would know about it. And it wouldn’t be you writing it here but article after article and Lemmy would be plastered with memes about it for weeks if not months.
You’ll never agree to this, so I wish you the best of luck getting us all to a functioning mobile linux platform asap.
I’m on a phone right now, but look up any of those claims.
But from what I’m getting is no matter what claims I substantiate, you will deny deny deny. So, let’s not kid ourselves, you aren’t here to have your eyes opened, you’re here to defend the fruit store at all costs. If I’m wrong, look up one claim I made and if they’re true and you admit it, we can continue and I’ll look for proof of the others.
No no. One link. Just post one link, no wall of text, of a reputable news org or hackers org that substantiates any of your claims. That’s all you have to do to prove to me you want to be credible or reasonable.
I’ve reversed my position many times in light of better evidence. As I said, good luck.
Bug bounties. Depending on your response to this, I’ll go out and find more links to substantiate claims.
I misremembered the first one as there was a lot of negative news regarding the security program. Here it is: from 2020 [We Hacked Apple for 3 Months: Here’s What We Found] (https://samcurry.net/hacking-apple)
As of October 6th, 2020, the vast majority of these findings have been fixed and credited. They were typically remediated within 1-2 business days (with some being fixed in as little as 4-6 hours).
Not great, not terrible either.
The other articles all read to me as a bounty program in flux but not being shut down or the corporation going muted and isolationist. They are still doing outreach and having discussions, just not at the higher payouts the bounty hunters were expected.
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I was however asking links about your more wild claims “Iphones haven been hacked”, “bezos has been hacked” etc. Those are very hard to believe without any evidence.
But I’m grateful you responded in a constructive way, and posted relevant links. I just don’t think they depict the fruit farm as evil as you would like.
That said, we both want the same thing (seeing we’re here and not in spez’ backyard): decentralisation. As soon as there is a viable alternative, I’ll hop on board and even donate.
Might I politely add, that the fruit store has bet its entire image on the opposite of what you’re claiming? So if the new fruit store head farmer decides to lift the plastic lid and press the res button, they would make an irreversible decision which would be the end of them right away.
Millions of dollars of bounties both by Israeli intelligence, Apple themselves and several entities on the dark web still haven’t come up with anything near credible to support these theories. Unless you’re counting bugs found, reported and patched.
We should by all means work towards open hardware with a FOSS Linux mobile OS on it, but this theory is so tiring.
Could the fruit store technically accomplish this? Yes. Can they do it silently? Yes for at most a few weeks before it comes out. Could they weaponise it on just a few people? Again, this would come out in no time.
Ps Snowden being alive and well in Russia for this long should tell you something else too.
Fruity mobiles have been hacked multiple times. The Israelis routinely do so. Pegasus might right a bell. Jeff Bezos was even a victim.
Also, the fruit store’s App Store still has malware despite the 30% they steal from developers in the name of “security”.
The company also sells ads and ad placements BTW. If that isn’t an indication of their goals…
Regarding bounties, they have regularly snubbed white hats and pentesters. They are one of the most wealthy companies in the world and hate paying bounties. The one I remember clearly is a dude finding exploits in their supply chain, which could’ve led to the attacker sending phones anywhere they wanted and emptying warehouses or adding unnecessary stock. They for nothing, yet the bugs were quietly resolved. Any adversary could thus do what the Israelis did and reroute shipments to modify material before it reaches its destination.
And let’s not forget the incident where people started seeing photos on their phones from other people’s iCloud, or employees repeatedly snooping on iCloud accounts, especially of celebrities, despite the data being “encrypted”.
Or that time Macs couldn’t function because some server somewhere was getting DDOSed?
Finally, it’s a US company. The CLOUD Act and Patriot Act force(d) them to so what was decided in secret courts, without ever being given the right to expose it.
There’s more, you just have to care to look for it. They are masters of marketing. That’s their entire thing and you are falling for it. Remember that corps aren’t here dlr you. They are here for the money. Especially big companies like that.
You’re right they are masters of marketing which is why they couldn’t afford this type of scandal you’re describing.
App store being atrocious and bezos being hacked? Care to substantiate any of these claims?
Next you’ll say the victims of the fappening all had iphones too.
There’s plenty of substantive stuff to be mad at the fruit company for, but you’re just spreading rumours at best or wilful misinformation to try and get more people on the linux train.
Your goals are noble, but your means slightly dark.
If there was a backdoor in something this massive, we would know about it. And it wouldn’t be you writing it here but article after article and Lemmy would be plastered with memes about it for weeks if not months.
You’ll never agree to this, so I wish you the best of luck getting us all to a functioning mobile linux platform asap.
I’m on a phone right now, but look up any of those claims.
But from what I’m getting is no matter what claims I substantiate, you will deny deny deny. So, let’s not kid ourselves, you aren’t here to have your eyes opened, you’re here to defend the fruit store at all costs. If I’m wrong, look up one claim I made and if they’re true and you admit it, we can continue and I’ll look for proof of the others.
Y’all know this article is from 2015, right?
No no. One link. Just post one link, no wall of text, of a reputable news org or hackers org that substantiates any of your claims. That’s all you have to do to prove to me you want to be credible or reasonable.
I’ve reversed my position many times in light of better evidence. As I said, good luck.
Bug bounties. Depending on your response to this, I’ll go out and find more links to substantiate claims.
I misremembered the first one as there was a lot of negative news regarding the security program. Here it is: from 2020 [We Hacked Apple for 3 Months: Here’s What We Found] (https://samcurry.net/hacking-apple)
Here are the negative reports:
The last one is about the community uproar regarding the nerfs to their bug bounty program. That’s probably the most relevant right now.
Ok, thanks for providing some sources.
In the first article I see:
Not great, not terrible either.
The other articles all read to me as a bounty program in flux but not being shut down or the corporation going muted and isolationist. They are still doing outreach and having discussions, just not at the higher payouts the bounty hunters were expected.
—
I was however asking links about your more wild claims “Iphones haven been hacked”, “bezos has been hacked” etc. Those are very hard to believe without any evidence.
But I’m grateful you responded in a constructive way, and posted relevant links. I just don’t think they depict the fruit farm as evil as you would like.
That said, we both want the same thing (seeing we’re here and not in spez’ backyard): decentralisation. As soon as there is a viable alternative, I’ll hop on board and even donate.
I’m traveling now. Will respond later.