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I'd like to believe Apple simply as no code review but it's odd they removed a specific check -- was it not suppose to be there? Does anyone know if the patch added the line back in or if it removed the duplicate goto?

The one thing that points to it not being a backdoor is I doubt Apple would open source the code. Surely they'd maintain a separate branch or something?

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They could have made it open source because they knew they were under pressure to backdoor it, so wanted people to see what happened without explicitly telling the world... Or not. It's a fun theory though.

You think a billion dollar, cash-rich company known for software excellence would understand testing and hardening? A company known for draconic quality assurance, would skimp? Silly me. HN must be right.

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