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    Edward Snowden hails Apple as 'pioneering' for iOS 8 security measures

    Whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden lauded Apple for enabling measures like default full-disk encryption in iOS 8, in a rare editorial published on Friday.

    Snowden noted that some progress has been made in reversing mass surveillance not just politically but technologically, through changes to devices and Internet protocols. Various governments, including the U.S., have been using weaknesses in high-tech infrastructure to spy on the public, but these are allegedly being closed.

    "Basic technical safeguards such as encryption — once considered esoteric and unnecessary — are now enabled by default in the products of pioneering companies like Apple, ensuring that even if your phone is stolen, your private life remains private," Snowden said.

    Apple has come under fire from various U.S. government officials for iOS 8's security. The most infamous example may be Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who in October 2014 claimed that Apple was marketing to criminals, and that its technology would one day lead to the death of a child, since police would not be able to extract needed iPhone data.

    iOS 8 not only encrypts iPhone and iPad data by default, but gives Apple no access to encryption keys, meaning that the company can't help produce someone's data even when served with a warrant or pressured by intelligence agencies.

    -- http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/...urity-measures



    I join Snowden in his lauding.



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    Government draws a black marker over stuff all the time so their illegal activities can be hidden from the people when documents get released.

    Only fair that the people get the same luxury through personal encryption. And 99% of the time, nothing illegal is being done anyway. If you want to catch criminals, do some real investigative work you lazy welfare queen gov't bums.

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    Well put. Well put.

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    Yes, encrypt the internet!
    FJB

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    The most interesting feature they have added is random mac address generation on the wi-fi end. Stops random malls and such collecting your travel habits and selling them.
    In New Zealand:
    The Coastguard is a Charity
    Air Traffic Control is a private company run on user fees
    The DMV is a private non-profit
    Rescue helicopters and ambulances are operated by charities and are plastered with corporate logos
    The agriculture industry has zero subsidies
    5% of the national vote, gets you 5 seats in Parliament
    A tax return has 4 fields
    Business licenses aren't a thing
    Prostitution is legal
    We have a constitutional right to refuse any type of medical care

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    The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple’s Secrets

    https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2...pples-secrets/




    CIA researchers working to defeat Apple encryption

    https://edwardsnowden.com/revelations/

    A series of presentation abstracts from 2010-12 shows that a CIA research group has engaged in a decade-long effort to subvert and compromise the consumer hardware and software produced by US companies and used by millions worldwide. Extracting the encryption keys from Apple products has been a particular priority for the group. Various methods for achieving this have been proposed at a series of annual “Jamborees”, including a compromised version of the Xcode software developers use to develop apps for Apple products.



    FJB



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