[Cryptography] Apple: graphically show users that they are under attack

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Thu Feb 25 17:11:50 EST 2016


I was trying to describe the Apple situation to a non-techie yesterday, and I thought of a change that Apple/Google/etc. should make ASAP.

The reason why most people don't fear govt surveillance and are willing to give up encryption is that they don't realize that they (their phones & computers) are *already* under constant attack.

It's hard to realize that you're on a battlefield when you can't hear the bullets whizzing around your head.

Apple needs to incorporate some sort of visual "meter" or other display icon that indicates when their phone is being scanned and when someone is trying to crack their passcode, their SSH login, etc.

In addition to attacks on your particular phone, Apple might also have a threat meter indicating attacks on iPhone's in general.

Perhaps this threat meter could have sound effects that sound like shells whizzing by and exploding nearby.

A few pictures of fallen comrades whose iPhones have been hacked would also help drive the point home.

Yes, this would scare many Apple customers, but perhaps it's time that they realize that we're in a pitched battle, and they can't keep their heads in the sand anymore (!).



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