Re: [cryptography] USG v. Apple and information security doctrine

2016-02-27 Thread Ben Laurie
On 27 February 2016 at 07:26, listo factor wrote: > > Those that criticize Apple should instead urge Apple's customers > to use adequate keys. That however flies in the face of prevailing > doctrine that security of digital systems must require absolute > minimum of user

[cryptography] USG v. Apple and information security doctrine

2016-02-26 Thread listo factor
On 02/20/2016 01:10 PM, John Young wrote: If Apple can hack its own security then the products are backdoors. Perhaps. However: If a system protects a secret with a 6-digit key and some fancy hardware, the system can be brute-forced. Apple is not to be blamed for assisting the adversaries of