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ELI5: What kind of security mechanisms do software companies use to ensure that the source code of their products will be practically impossible to discover? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Exemple: How does Apple guarantee that the iOS source code will not be discovered by an adversary?

Is there any type of different encryption for this case?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They use a lock on the door to where it’s stored.

This mechanism blocks people from discovering their source code.

Also the source is split into subsystems - very few at apple will have access to the full iOS code base at any time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kinda true, some places develop on machines that don't have Internet access, air gap between the sensitive data and an outward facing network

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

FML, copying from stackoverflow on your phone to an airgapped terminal would be a massive PITA