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There's not a great alternative, however.

I don’t think waging ideological war on Apple is doing anything to help us get one, especially not if you dismiss the real security benefits of their approach as part of some conspiracy to undermine the concept of ownership.

What would help is some analysis of how technically to achieve both security and openness. Nobody has achieved this yet.

Apple’s security strategy does place them as a trusted party in the system. I don’t see them changing this any time soon, since it’s an unsolved research problem, and they need to keep shipping.

I am curious what a system with no centrally trusted authority would actually look like.