Comment by themafia
23 days ago
I'm sure you're right; however, there is still a distinction between the state using my device against me and unaffiliated or foreign states using my device against me or more likely simply to generate cash for themselves.
It's still worth solving one of these problems.
A distinction without a difference. One mafia is as bad as another. One screws you in the short term, the other screws you in the long term, and much worse.
The problem in both cases is the massive attack surface at every level of the system. Most of these proposals about "security" are just rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.
If you can't keep a nation state out (and you're referring to your own state, right?) then you can't keep a lone wolf hacker out either, because in either case that's who's doing the work.