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Prism. It seems everyone has really short memories.

"Bu-but they changed. They keep data private now!"

Fappening occurred because Apple left the law enforcement backdoor open, and haxorz exploited the hole with elcomsoft password breaker.

Now I'm supposed to believe they have privacy, because they have a marketing campaign about it. Nice try.

How exactly is Apple going to protect private information when they are shipping zero-days in Keychain? Privacy can only happen after security, and Apple clearly doesn't have security.



Prism is an American thing, not Chinese. Not really relevant here. Also:

> http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/01/21/nsa-leaker-edward-...

"Later leaks revealed that the NSA had created spyware targeted at the iPhone, which would have given intelligence services access to SMS messages, on-board data, live microphone feeds, and positioning information. It remains unclear how successful that program was, and Apple again denied involvement."

It seems likely the problem is resolved by now.

> Fappening occurred because Apple left the law enforcement backdoor open

No it didn't. https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/15/prosecutors-find-that-fapp...

"From the court documents, it became clear that the victims of Collins’ attack fell prey to a phishing scam. Collins allegedly sent e-mails to the victims that appeared to come from Google or Apple, warning the victims that their accounts might be compromised, and asking for their login details. The victims would enter their password information. Having gained access to the e-mail address, Collins was able to download e-mails, and get further access to other files, such as iCloud accounts."




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