• AvailableCandidate
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    311 months ago

    That’s still a passing grade.

    From my perspective, their “commitment” to privacy is entirely marketing, and i have no reason on the code side to believe the things they say it does.

    Apple security has for decades been considered a joke, as well, coming from someone in the field. Safari in particular is considered the beginner browser to target for hacking contests.

    • @beefcat@beehaw.org
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      411 months ago

      I also work in the field. While this assessment was pretty on point 10 years ago, particularly regarding security, I think the modern reality is a lot more nuanced.

      For example, the secure enclave (present since the iPhone 5S, and Macs with a T1 or newer) still hasn’t been fully broken. FIrmware has been dumped, and vulnerabilities found, but nothing publicly that is able to decrypt private keys held inside.