>Apple is saying "we operate at the same level as nation states; we are a nation-state level entity operating in the "digital world"
Making mountains out of molehills.
I'm pretty sure they are saying that they will "offer specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware".
There is a looooong list of things which nation states can do which Apple cannot, some examples of that are in other comments in this thread.
>but this is the first public announcement, and tool, from a corporation with more spare, unrestricted capital than many countries.
Google & Microsoft have both had fairly long-standing tools and procedures (which were publicly announced) to both alert users and aid users against nation state attacks.
Making mountains out of molehills.
I'm pretty sure they are saying that they will "offer specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware".
There is a looooong list of things which nation states can do which Apple cannot, some examples of that are in other comments in this thread.
>but this is the first public announcement, and tool, from a corporation with more spare, unrestricted capital than many countries.
Google & Microsoft have both had fairly long-standing tools and procedures (which were publicly announced) to both alert users and aid users against nation state attacks.