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by Sporktacular 1357 days ago
I wonder how the new Lockdown feature on iPhones will fare against this.
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Apple wouldn't be allowed to release the feature in the States if it circumvented meaningful domestic surveillance capacities.
Companies break state surveillance capabilities all the time. With every patch some opportunities close which is why agencies hoard exploits to give them a resilient capability. Apple doesn't take permission, we know this from their pushback against the FBI trying to get them to change code to unlock that iPhone.