After the unprecedented breach of hacking tools and exploits stolen from the US National Security Agency’s elite hacking unit, some privacy advocates see it as clear vindication of Apple in its fight with the FBI earlier this year.
Indeed.
Apple’s vindicated in FBI fight after NSA hacking division gets hacked
That and the loss of control of the tech service “back door” into Windows 8-10 that Microsoft revealed a couple weeks ago. If you have a golden key or a hack or a back way in, it will be compromised eventually.
It was only a matter of time.
This was quick though.
Or there are just that many such occurrences, and this was simply the one we ended up hearing about.
Also, how odd is it to ever be grateful to Business Insider for tech writing?
Business insider India no less.
I was just crank return calling an IRS call from the IRS in India. They called my friend. I know right? India? Why whatever are they doing there?
Anyway, Siri helped quite a bit there. At one point I called and told them I WAS the IRS and that HE owed money, or should I say Siri did, I typed it in notes and had Siri read it. He immediately said “he’d mail a check, okay?” Yes, the scammer said that. And people wonder why it’s so easy….