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295 points djoldman | 3 comments | 06 Nov 24 13:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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solarkraft ◴[06 Nov 24 15:40 UTC] No.42063965[source]▶
Sibling comments point out (and I believe, corrections are welcome) that all that theater is still no protection against Apple themselves, should they want to subvert the system in an organized way. They’re still fully in control. There is, for example, as far as I understand it, still plenty of attack surface for them to run different software than they say they do.

What they are doing by this is of course to make any kind of subversion a hell of a lot harder and I welcome that. It serves as a strong signal that they want to protect my data and I welcome that. To me this definitely makes them the most trusted AI vendor at the moment by far.

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1. stavros ◴[06 Nov 24 16:15 UTC] No.42064535[source]▶
> that all that theater is still no protection against Apple themselves

There is such a thing as threat modeling. The fact that your model only stops some threats, and not all threats, doesn't mean that it's theater.

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2. hulitu ◴[06 Nov 24 19:24 UTC] No.42067834[source]▶
> The fact that your model only stops some threats, and not all threats, doesn't mean that it's theater.

Well, to be honest, theater is a pretentious word in this context. A better word will be shitshow.

(i never heard of a firewall that claims it filters _some_ packets, or an antivirus that claims that it protects against _some_ viruses)

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3. stavros ◴[06 Nov 24 19:51 UTC] No.42068276[source]▶
Really? Please show me an antivirus that claims that it protects against all viruses. A firewall that filters all packets is a pair of scissors.