One of the world's richest companies is now under fire from the #UnitedStates govt. #Justice & 16 states filed a #lawsuit against the Silicon Valley giant on Thurs, accusing the company of abusing its #power as a #monopoly to edge out rivals & ensure customers keep using its products.
The lawsuit centers around claims that #Apple stopped smaller companies from accessing the #hardware & #software in its #iPhones, which led to fewer options for #consumers.
Apple is worth ~$3T, making it one of the highest valued cos in the world. & its iPhone is one of the most popular phones on earth, dominating the global #market, acc/to market analyst firm IDC. The #DOJ alleges it's by no coincidence that Apple was able to ensure its place at the top.
This paper is really important, presenting empirical evidence of the imbrication bet. AI & the surveillance biz model. This is notable particularly given that most production surveillance tech is proprietary, its existence and use hidden from the public.
Listening to the most recent #SecurityNow podcast, and aw jees #Apple, why are you implementing super secret hardware backdoors in #iPhones? Why have you been doing it for like 5 years now?
Seriously though if you’re even vaguely security interested, go listen to the podcast. It’s mind boggling, and smacks of S tier state actor interference at a manufacturing level. I’ve attached a link to the notes for those who don’t have time.
If you want secure messaging between #iPhones and #Android phones, don’t use #Beeper. Seriously, don’t do it. There are other, better and more reliable options out there (cough Signal cough).
I've used Beeper (w/a test Apple account) & liked it. However after the recent kerfuffle around Beeper Mini, I deleted the app b/c I didn't like how Beeper handled things (adding devices to my iCloud account & unregistering a phone number, both w/o my permission)
The idea of #YouTubers flying to #Australia to unbox #iPhones a day or two earlier seems utterly insane to me, especially when a lot of these same reviewers will just complain that the phones are minor incremental updates. Is chasing views and the #emissions associated with global travel just for this actually worth it?
China und die iPhones: Handelskrieg oder Handykrieg?
Will China in Behörden iPhones verbieten? Entsprechende Gerüchte dementiert die chinesische Regierung zwar, sät aber Zweifel an der Datensicherheit der Handys. Geht der Handelsstreit zwischen den USA und China in eine neue Runde? Von Alfred Schmit.
“It’s easier, and more comfortable, for #Google to argue that it’s all about the #GreenBubbles. The hard truth is that #iPhones and #iOS are simply better overall.”
#CyberSecurity#iPhones#Apple#iMessage: "Today, on December 27, 2023, we (Boris Larin, Leonid Bezvershenko, and Georgy Kucherin) delivered a presentation, titled, “Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers”, at the 37th Chaos Communication Congress (37C3), held at Congress Center Hamburg. The presentation summarized the results of our long-term research into Operation Triangulation, conducted with our colleagues, Igor Kuznetsov, Valentin Pashkov, and Mikhail Vinogradov.
This presentation was also the first time we had publicly disclosed the details of all exploits and vulnerabilities that were used in the attack. We discover and analyze new exploits and attacks using these on a daily basis, and we have discovered and reported more than thirty in-the-wild zero-days in Adobe, Apple, Google, and Microsoft products, but this is definitely the most sophisticated attack chain we have ever seen."