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back·doors
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of backdoors in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of backdoors in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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It doesn't allow the Chinese government to willy nilly put backdoors in products.
The court is ordering Apple to create a backdoor into an iPhone’s operating system, citing a law adopted in 1789, if the order stands, Apple and other technology companies could be ordered to build backdoors – essentially defects – into other devices, rendering them insecure and vulnerable to attack by law enforcement and by others as well. We will fight against this result.
I think that this case could become the trigger for a bigger discussion around encryption and backdoors, but it’s very hard to tell how it will all go.
Since Michael's time in government, and even before that, you've had folks in the national security community discussing how this technology could enable foreign actors, hackers, to access these systems in which they are plugged into, a lot of the discussion is kind of focused around this idea that these technologies could contain backdoors that enable foreign hackers to break into these systems and then exfiltrate data, monitor network activity, disrupt any of the services that are connected to these networks.
Encryption is a security tool we rely on everyday to stop criminals from draining our bank accounts, to shield our cars and airplanes from being taken over by malicious hacks, we deeply appreciate law enforcement's and the national security community's work to protect us, but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys.
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