zlacker

I trust 404 media more than most sources, but I can’t help but reflexively read every story prominently showcasing the FBI’s supposed surveillance gaps as attempted watering hole attacks. The NSA almost certainly has hardware backdoors in Apple silicon, as disclosed a couple of years ago by the excellent researchers at Kaspersky. That being the case, Lockdown Mode is not even in play.

>>mrexce+(OP)
The NSA is not going to tip its hand about any backdoors it had built into the hardware for something as small as this.

>>chucka+x3
It depends on if parallel reconstruction can be used to provide deniability.

>>ddtayl+V9
Even a parallel construction has limited uses, since you can't use the same excuse every time. The NSA probably doesn't trust the FBI to come up with something plausible.

>>chucka+cc
That depends on how apathetic people are. Most of the time they will accept a completely garbage story and you can create infinitely many of those.

>>ddtayl+Il5
Sure, and that’s why juries buy the same line from cops every time, but major actors actually affected by potential backdoors are likely to be a bit more skeptical and start digging around for the real reasons.