ARM TrustZone. My 2005-era low-end devices have that. Hardly Apple's idea.
Microsoft did ground work in that space for ~2 decades by now. It's called TPM and has a bunch of advantages by being a discrete component. It's also an industry-wide initiative and open to all.
> end-to-end iMessage encryption
Perfect for locking down the ecosystem.
> tough stance they publicly took against FBI
Posturing (on both sides: The FBI knows that they're SoL on getting such favors, with or without writing whiny op-eds on how they're incompetent).
You'd have already seen leaked versions of the "special OS versions to crack" had the other vendors budged to such demands. They might just discuss matters with the Feds without inviting the press.
> Secure Enclave
ARM TrustZone. My 2005-era low-end devices have that. Hardly Apple's idea.
Microsoft did ground work in that space for ~2 decades by now. It's called TPM and has a bunch of advantages by being a discrete component. It's also an industry-wide initiative and open to all.
> end-to-end iMessage encryption
Perfect for locking down the ecosystem.
> tough stance they publicly took against FBI
Posturing (on both sides: The FBI knows that they're SoL on getting such favors, with or without writing whiny op-eds on how they're incompetent).
You'd have already seen leaked versions of the "special OS versions to crack" had the other vendors budged to such demands. They might just discuss matters with the Feds without inviting the press.