Handsets have such a quick development cycle that they can’t insert their own secret sauce.
I’m betting that the Intel “flaw” was deliberate, and someone spilled the beans so they are pretending it was an “error”.
I don’t think the FBI can be trusted to investigate crime or terrorism, and they certainly cannot be trusted to protect Americans or America from harm from any source.
Perhaps if the FBI spent some time prosecuting the criminals in their midst, they would be taken a little more seriously, but until then, the answer is “no”.
It would immediately be used to blackmail right of center politicians and to subvert a lot more than just the 4th Amendment.
Wray, if he’s honest, and that cannot include any FBI agent at this point in time, would focus on dismantling this farce and figuring out how to actually get someone to take over the mission of protecting the USA from terrorism that the FBI ignored in favor of framing a republican presidential candidate.
“I’m betting that the Intel “flaw” was deliberate, and someone spilled the beans so they are pretending it was an “error”.”
You may be right, but the other chip manufacturers also said they were vulnerable. Does anyone know exactly the the ‘flaw’ was, or at least how such a flaw in the chip allows vulnerability? Does it somehow allow for access to data before it is encrypted?