Snowden says there’s a backdoor to every iPhone. I don’t want the government knowing what a lousy picker I am.
Anybody who’s met my ex already knows that I was a lousy picker...
Snowden has claimed some things he couldn't possibly know. This is one of them. The paper he leaked about the iPhone's supposed "back door" was referring to a means of intercepting devices physically and inserting software into the device. It was called "DROPOUTJEEP" . . . and lots of people including the government of Germany panicked into dropping use of iPhones and iPads when Snowden revealed it. One problem. The date on the leaked document was 10/01/08. . . only THREE months after the APP store opened for business!
Secondly, DROPOUTJEEP specifically states it is an "implant" exploit. . . requiring "close access methods" to deploy. i.e. physical access to the iPhone to install the spyware. People assumed it was new, current, and effective, instead of old, outdated, and most likely NOT effective, given the major changes that had been made in iOS over six years. The only way it could get on a user's iPhone is before the user receives it by interception means.