Rik Farrow
I have been concerned with computer security since 1984, but managed
to ignore the basic issues for a long time. Instead, I studied, taught,
and wrote about security (see Network magazine
articles or read this recent column I wrote about security for
;login:).
In 2006, I created a talk called Security is Broken,
which I have given at Apple and Google headquarters. You can find the
Google
Tech Talk video here. The current version of the slides via my
site has been updated for a talk to be given at UC Berkeley on January
31, 2007. For your convenience, you can find
references used in the talk here.
In October 2007, I created a short video for Fast Company magazine demonstrating the ease with which the iPhone could be broken into. There was a lot of clamor in the blogosphere that focused on production flaws when I created the video (my first), while ignoring the real issues in the lack of security in the iPhone. Fast Company editors asked me to write a response, then decided that the issue had faded to the point that it wasn't necessary to post it. I have posted my own response, with their permission. Note that the video accompanies an article about Apple focusing on potential weak spots in their leading products and the company itself.
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