Some time ago I needed some assistance with my iPhone from Apple. Their tech support were able to RDP my iPhone immediately and all I had to do was accept an agreement popup. I often wonder if that same ability is possible in secret without the user being aware that Apple could assume full control over the device 🧐
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my assumption at this point is that some agency or institution somewhere has access to everything i have access to.
if i had the talent, i would work on an AI firewall. our devices should live in an air gapped bubble, making a bunch of requests and sending on a bunch of responses, that are collected, inspected and then relayed by the AI firewall, once each interval set by the user, i.e. once per hour.
It will be a battle of AI in the future and the best IDS/IPS with the best AI will prevail.