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It’s entirely possible that they are experts, but are making making a claim that is not based on their expertise, for reasons of political and marketing expediency.
This is inconsistent with their claims of expertise.
That’s the issue. I believe the claim isn’t being made because they are experts or because it is true, but rather to deflect blame for marketing and political reasons.
Kaspersky says:
“We believe that the main reason for this incident is the proprietary nature of iOS.”
If the proprietary nature is the main reason for the incident, then Android should have been overwhelmingly more secure all along, and they should know this.
If they are only just figuring this out now, then they have been ludicrously ignorant for people who claim to be experts.
Occam’s razor says they really aren’t as expert as their marketing claims and they are trying to save face by blaming Apple.
Given that the Kremlin is blaming Apple and the NSA, perhaps Kaspersky is trying to deflect blame for not having warned Russian diplomats about the issue.
They aren’t just claiming it’s because of this one exploit or some exploit stats - they are making the claim that it’s because it’s not open source.
Since they knew this all along, we can conclude that they have poor judgment.
Why are Kaspersky's management using iPhones?
Here's their explanation:
> Consciousness is the bundle of your past experiences transforming reality into your next experience.
Which is essentially meaningless as an explanation of consciousness.
Do you have episodes of unexplainable lost-time? Maybe try setting up a surveillance camera at home so you can see when they activate you.
The bigger question is who is doing the leaking from within Apple. It will be interesting to see what turns out to be true. It’s also very interesting to wonder how much of the leaking is intentional and strategic.
If they wanted to set expectations low and diffuse a lot of naysaying, it makes sense for them to leak all the stuff people are likely to moan about. That way when they demo it, all the actual experience stuff will (hopefully) be a pleasant surprise.
It almost seems like he must be trolling.