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theshrike79last Tuesday at 12:02 PM1 replyview on HN

If iPhones had flaws in the encryption or security, they WOULD be exploited and monetised.

A zero day remote attack on an iOS device is worth so much money that you have to be _really_ ethical as a hacker not to sell it and report it to Apple for a small reward instead.

The last time one was deployed "publicly" was against Jeff Bezos (or his wife) - one of the top10 richest people in the world anyway. And then it was patched for everyone.


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const_castlast Tuesday at 2:35 PM

Apple owns the code and all it's visibility - you're not allowed to see it.

They don't need a 0 day to compromise your device, they can just choose to do it at any point. You're simply trusting they don't.

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