@matthew_d_green Suppose, only for the sake of argument, that these technical measures succeed, and Apple‘s system is as secure as we want it to be. Here‘s my concern.

Years down the line, will their management still be as strongly committed to those goals? It sounds like this comes at considerable cost and effort. Will they *never* give in to the temptation to cut corners?

While reading the thread, I thought of Boeing. Once a model of engineering and safety; look what happened.

@slimhazard @matthew_d_green

I think a more interesting question to ask about Boeing is, "what can we do differently so that failures like this are less likely?"

It's all very well and good to point out potential future problems. The specific problem of what happens if Apple's corporate culture changes is one that sometimes keeps me up at night too—I don't really understand why it's as good as it is, and I want it to stay that way or even improve.

What can we do to facilitate that?

@abhayakara @slimhazard @matthew_d_green "I think a more interesting question to ask about Boeing is, "what can we do differently so that failures like this are less likely?""

Make much more thorough use of anti-trust law. U.S. companies can commit all kinds of atrocities and walk away with a slap on the wrist equivalent to a few hours of doing business because they spend billions to put their friends in government regulation positions. Boeing was no different. They had friendly people in the FAA that looked the other way.

John Oliver did an excellent episode on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc&t=1