[ianamartin]

Oh right. All the other insecure parts of their software stack. You know, all that other insecure stuff that's notoriously insecure. That one guy who wrote a chat app is going to tighten up.

Come on. Don't pretend this is anything more than it is. A really hard-working guy worked hard and built a thing that worth while. Apple said, "hmmm, it would be easier to buy this person than to hire him." So they did.

There is no one-person fix to secure enclave or any of Apple's other problems. You are being delusional. Apple's problems, such as they are, are systemic and cultural. Apple cannot buy its way into better cloud services or better Siri, or better security, and certainly not with the purchase of a such a small company.

[studentrob]

> Apple said, "hmmm, it would be easier to buy this person than to hire him."

Those two things sound the same to me. The guy was hired. What are you saying here?

> There is no one-person fix to secure enclave or any of Apple's other problems

Nobody said he's going to work on that.

> Apple's problems, such as they are, are systemic and cultural. Apple cannot buy its way into better cloud services or better Siri, or better security, and certainly not with the purchase of a such a small company.

You seem to know a lot about Apple's culture. Do you have some evidence to support your claims?

[imron]

> All the other insecure parts of their software stack

I didn't say all the other parts, or that he's going to do it singlehandedly. Maybe they want to improve end-to-end encryption for iMessage or similar and figure he's got relevant experience.

> Apple's problems, such as they are, are systemic and cultural.

Possibly, but even then, I would argue that this current situation is a culturally defining moment for post-Jobs Apple, maybe even strong enough to override other parts of their culture.

One thing for sure, it's being driven from the very top down and Tim Cook is making clear, unequivocal comments about where the line in the sand is.

[ontoillogical]

> "hmmm, it would be easier to buy this person than to hire him."

In what way did they buy him?

Apple didn't buy Whisper Systems. They hired Frederic Jacobs.