[liberationtech] Recent iOS privacy checks

[Keira Cran]

I doubt there's an easy general answer to your question. It would depend
entirely on your threat model.

Just to correct an earlier mistake I made: it seems the EFI reset is
probably not remote. I couldn't find the process documented anywhere,
but some are suggesting that a special boot usb is generated which is
then used to reset the password.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014, at 05:41 AM, duncan at openmailbox.org wrote:
> For those of us unfamiliar with technical details, what are we to make 
> of this? That apple computers are poor choices for those who value their 
> privacy? Or are the options that puts some power in the user's hands, 
> genuine efforts towards having educated users in control of their 
> information?
> 
> On 2014-07-08 14:29, Todd Weiler wrote:
> 
> > There probably was not much doubt on this list to begin with, that 
> > users
> > care enough about privacy to handle making calls on more fine-grained
> > privacy controls. It's good to see the design choices of these kinds of
> > decisions explored so thoroughly.
> > 
> > As for the remote EFI reset password, that looks ripe for abuse.
> > 
> 
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