On 15 May, 2014, at 7:25 am, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote:

> 
> On May 14, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Roland King <r...@rols.org> wrote:
> 
>> I'm just pointing out the advice which is constantly and consistently given 
>> by Apple (particularly Quinn) on the developer forum that getting the bits 
>> of a private key on iOS is unsupported and subject to change, and to do the 
>> job on a server which you trust and return the information. Here's one such 
>> thread, there are dozens of them. 
>> 
>> https://devforums.apple.com/message/951417#951417
> 
> Thanks for the link. I added a rant explaining exactly why this is a terrible 
> idea. Who knows whether it’ll do any good; I’ve completely given up on Apple 
> ever getting its crypto act together.
> 
> —Jens

That's quite the reply - I've hit the "Email Updates" on the thread and I'm 
sitting with a new bag of popcorn waiting to see what happens next. 

Since that method of extracting private keys was recently broken on OSX I fear 
that iOS is not far behind. 
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