On 29/03/13 08:27 AM, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
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The scare story spread quickly, with the more hyperbolic accounts getting the
most attention. The corrective analysis probably didn't penetrate as widely.
The issue that I see is that because Apple runs a secret shop, they are
more vulnerable
On 29/03/13 06:42 AM, Jon Callas wrote:
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I don't believe that it is in the interests of a company to shaft its
customers. ...
Right, this is why I like Apple. This is the same secret as in the
gambling industry. The house always wins -- so why bother cheating?
Better to actually go th
On 29/03/13 06:42 AM, Jon Callas wrote:
- From being there, Apple's culture and practices are such that everything they
do is focused on making cool things for the customers.
In a world of secrecy, media, spin, security complexity and so forth,
personal testimony from the inside as to bona
Jon Callas writes, in part:
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| Let me ask again -- what could an LE or GOV offer that would be
| better than being cool? Being a snitch, being a sell-out isn't cool.
| Lots of people don 't get that. To them, money is more important
| than being cool. And all that m
I dont buy this "it wouldnt be cool so a consumer company wouldnt do it"
argument. Seemingly companies are very susceptible to law enforcement,
legal and government influence and pressure. I guess people are forgetting
the hushmail episode. And the CA episodes. And much more recent microsoft
s
Well put, Ian. Cutting down the quoted material to
the barest minimum, this passage:
> Take it on the chin, and get back to work. Don't overreact by promising
> ludicrous things like "it'll never happen again" or lopping off heads
> just to satiate the media.
can, at least, be demonstrate
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Adam Back wrote:
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> btw as to coolness, I think Apple is much more evil thank microsoft - walled
> gardens, suing competitors over frivolous and abusive patent claims,
> excessive secrecy, clear conflict of interest app removals, abuse of DRM for
> device lo
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Jon Callas wrote:
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> On Mar 28, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
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>> ...
>> Apple designed the hardware and hold the platform keys. So I'm clear
>> and I'm not letting my imagination run too far ahead:
>>
>> ...
>> There are no means to recover a secret
