Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar
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Clapper, IMHO, has done this nation a huge disservice. For example, companies like Google and Apple don't trust the US government any more than they don't trust the Chinese government now when it comes to having their customer's privacy in their best interest. As a result Apple has built (and continues to build) security into their products even down to the hardware level that protects the owner's privacy:
Apple’s hardline stance on protecting users’ privacy has been a source of conflict with governments, most notably in the case of the San Bernardino mass shooting, when Apple refused to hack the gunman’s iPhone at the behest of the FBI. Ultimately the FBI paid a third party to unlock the phone without Apple’s help, showing that the company’s encryption can be bypassed, albeit on an iPhone 5c, which did not have the new Secure Enclave.
Apple has made it so only the owner only has the keys to unlock their device. They can't help the government even if the law is written that they must hand over the keys. They don't have the keys to hand over. Those are kept in the "Secure Enclave" (hardware) on the device. Best of luck government in trying to extracting them out of the hardware (unlike the 5c which kept them in software). The government will soon realize they have lost control of listening to everyone's conversations and 3rd party help has dried up.
to its customers: to the government: :moon:
If a terrorists use apple devices to plan their next attack well then that is too bad. Apple isn't going to help weaken the security on their devices for the U.S. government without a good fight especially when the major of their customers don't even live in the United States. And it seems Apple has plenty of "dry powder" stored outside of the US for the fight.
I think the government may have enough to worry about in the near future just trying to control decentralized cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin). China is already trying to control it:
Chinese regulators called ICOs unauthorized illegal fundraising activity and recent reports indicated they have clamped down on local bitcoin exchanges. Bitcoin is the most commonly used cryptocurrency.
"The only way you can really stop bitcoin in China completely is if you shut down the internet. So the regulators are really focused on the points where bitcoin hits fiat currency," Zennon Kapron, founder and director at consultancy firm Kapronasia, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday.
"The only way you can really stop bitcoin in China completely is if you shut down the internet. So the regulators are really focused on the points where bitcoin hits fiat currency," Zennon Kapron, founder and director at consultancy firm Kapronasia, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday.
In the future, we may live in a world with a greatly weaken central bank. And that national debt may get real if the government can't simply print and increase the supply of money.
Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar
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