Apple Security Research Device (security.apple.com)

43 pointsby neom6 hours ago10 comments

ACCount39 an hour 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.

trombuance 32 minutes 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.

orf 25 minutes ago

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

tarpitt 13 minutes ago

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

tancop 10 minutes 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.

sbseitz 31 minutes ago

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

ta8903 an hour ago

Cool. Where can I buy one.

birdman3131 36 minutes ago

Just gotta sign away your soul.

sysguest 32 minutes ago

well that's cheaper than expected!