Apple Security Research Device

(security.apple.com)

45 points | by neom 6 hours ago ago

11 comments

  • ACCount39 an hour ago ago

    Create a problem, and then heroically fight to make a solution.

    This shouldn't exist in the first place. There would be no need for it if Apple didn't insist on "we own all the iPhones, our users just get to tap at them".

    If you could just unlock the bootloader, re-enable SWD and do what you want with an iPhone that you actually own, there would be no need for this restrictive program at all.

    • orf 32 minutes ago ago

      It then wouldn’t be the most secure consumer phone then, would it?

      • throwa356262 11 minutes ago ago

        How do we know it is, besides apple marketing?

        Given how many high profile politicians, journalists and businessmen have gotten their phones hacked, the iPhone is not unhackable.

      • tancop 18 minutes ago ago

        Why not? In the default locked state it's just as secure as before, and unlocking it would require both physical access and your Apple ID.

      • tarpitt 21 minutes ago ago

        It would be. You would have more eyeballs if you had an open bootloader instead of this program they're offering.

    • trombuance 39 minutes ago ago

      This is also why my current Macbook will be my last, I'm going back to Linux. No matter how superior M-series chips are the amazing hardware can't make up for the unbearable nanny software. So tired of Apple machines telling me what I should do. It's supposed to be the other way around.

  • sbseitz 39 minutes ago ago

    Does this include... Israel being able to pwn any Apple device ?

  • ta8903 an hour ago ago

    Cool. Where can I buy one.

    • birdman3131 43 minutes ago ago

      Just gotta sign away your soul.

      • sysguest 40 minutes ago ago

        well that's cheaper than expected!

        • m463 8 minutes ago ago

          the periodic terms and conditions updates are hell though.