Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking someone's device. At least for now.
While obviously this is laudable, and better than not having such a mode, it still suffers from that same massive fatal flaw. Apple software is proudly closed source. If we can’t audit their software, in the end we’re just taking their word for it.
Though I have a feeling that they’d keep quiet about what they can’t break and loudly exclaim that something can’t be broken when they find a way to crack it.
While obviously this is laudable, and better than not having such a mode, it still suffers from that same massive fatal flaw. Apple software is proudly closed source. If we can’t audit their software, in the end we’re just taking their word for it.
Well now you have the FBI’s word for it as well.
Though I have a feeling that they’d keep quiet about what they can’t break and loudly exclaim that something can’t be broken when they find a way to crack it.