Some know nothing in the New York State Legislature has introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of any cellular device that allows encryption that the manufacturer cannot decipher. That would prohibit the sales of all Apple iOS cellular devices.
Once you permit the manufacturer to decipher the encryption, it is only a short distance for the hackers to be able to decipher it as well. A backdoor for the good guys is a backdoor for the bad guys too. . . usually about fifteen minutes later. Generally the bad guys don't even have to crack it. Bribes are faster and cheaper.
What I read was slightly different. I believe he proposed to fine Apple (or any other company) $1200 for each device sold that didn’t meet their backdoor requirements.
>>Once you permit the manufacturer to decipher the encryption, it is only a short distance for the hackers to be able to decipher it as well. A backdoor for the good guys is a backdoor for the bad guys too. . . usually about fifteen minutes later. <<
That is why, if I bought a car with On*Star that I could not de-install, I would rip that SOB out of the car.
I prefer my 2001 car, whose extreme geek is a starter chip (and I look a bit askance at that).
All that tech just means someone can easily take control of your vehicle — to track or actually make it do things you don’t want.