India Mobile Handset Backdoor Memo Probably a Fake

daveschroeder writes "In the wake of previous coverage alleging that Apple, Nokia, RIM, and others have provided Indian government with backdoors into their mobile handsets — which itself spawned a US investigation and questions about handset security — it turns out the memo which ignited the controversy is probably a fake designed to draw attention to the "Lords of Dharmaraja." According to Reuters, "Military and cyber-security experts in India say the hackers may have created the purported military intelligence memo simply to draw attention to their work, or to taint relations between close allies India and the United States." Apple has already denied providing access to the Indian government."

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recant. i recant it all

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foxconn doesn't collude with state security to torture people who lose apple prototypes.

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all of apple's IP claims are legitimate and represent true innovation

we have always been at war with eurasia

and also apple never gave backdoor access to the government to its systems. even though under CALEA it is required to for all US products.