From: John Gilmore gnu@toad.com Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014. Subject: Re: [Cryptography] new wiretap resistance in iOS 8? To: cryptography@metzdowd.com And why do we believe them? Because we can read the source code and the protocol descriptions ourselves, and determine just how secure they are? Because they're a big company and big companies never lie? Because they've implemented it in proprietary binary software, and proprietary crypto is always stronger than the company claims it to be? Because they can't covertly send your device updated software that would change all these promises, for a targeted individual, or on a mass basis? Because you will never agree to upgrade the software on your device, ever, no matter how often they send you updates? Because this first release of their encryption software has no security bugs, so you will never need to upgrade it to retain your privacy? Because if a future update INSERTS privacy or security […more…]