[Cryptography] EFF amicus brief in support of Apple

[Ralf Senderek]

On Sun Mar 6 20:53:33 EST 2016 Jerry Leichter write:

> If you like to build stuff from the ground up - by all means, go ahead.
> But don't for a moment imagine that what you're doing has anything to do
> with the *needs* of all but a tiny fraction of your fellow human beings.
> They need stuff that stays out of their way, doesn't require that they
> devote significant effort to it - and "just works" in protecting them
> against the threats they reasonably face.
>                                                        -- Jerry

You're claiming the realistic view here. But you're ignoring the fact that
these people don't really get what they *need*. They need protection and
what they get is an *illusion of protection*, because with closed systems
nobody is able to realistically judge if it "just works".

The point where you're getting off the track is that you seem to neglect
all the efforts to reduce complexity, to increase auditability and transparency
as fruitless exercises of a few misguided coders, instead of helping to
pave the way for them.

         -- ralf