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Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish • 9 months ago

ELI5: What kind of security mechanisms do software companies use to ensure that the source code of their products will be practically impossible to discover?

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ELI5: What kind of security mechanisms do software companies use to ensure that the source code of their products will be practically impossible to discover?

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Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish • 9 months ago

Exemple: How does Apple guarantee that the iOS source code will not be discovered by an adversary?

Is there any type of different encryption for this case?

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Kinda true, some places develop on machines that don’t have Internet access, air gap between the sensitive data and an outward facing network
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  FML, copying from stackoverflow on your phone to an airgapped terminal would be a massive PITA

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