Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs.
Hoarding vulnerabilities or weakening crypto mean bad actors can (keep) exploiting these vulnerabilities too.
Creating a doorway or leaving the door open put everyone at risk. One way or another, bad actors find out and use that door.
They are THE bad actors, they just play along apple marketing to create an illusion of security and privacy and apple lets them get the data they need.
Add it to the list of their plausible deniability claims where they claim they are legally required to and shift the blame and responsibility.
and platforms like reddit removes it from mainstream discussions.
https://lr.ptr.moe/r/technology/comments/18c9to9/apple_admits_to_secretly_giving_governments_push/
It’s all orchestrated.
“Our resolve is strong, our nation is strong! Our men, and women, are the smartest, most capable, most lethal fighters in the world. They will keep our secrets secure, and only execute their duties according to the law!”
- some Hegseth-ass justification for why America needs all encryption backfired now and forever.