Comment by codedokode
2 years ago
Isn't it easier just to pay to one of hundreds employees having access to chip design? Or even get it without paying by appealing to patriotism?
2 years ago
Isn't it easier just to pay to one of hundreds employees having access to chip design? Or even get it without paying by appealing to patriotism?
How many ex-Apple employees work(ed) at NSA? It may just have been the right person doing their regular 9-5 job, with no subterfuge. The list of employers for Hardware security folks is likely a couple of dozen companies, and Apple and NSA are among the most prestigious of them. I expect some employees to move in both directions.
I know of two, one from my team. Don't know how long they stayed there, though.
Or just covertly tell Apple to hand over its documentation / to knowingly leave gaps in the defenses for NSA to exploit.