I worked in construction prior to tech and yes, the General Contractor or Foreman may not know the latest in framing or concrete technology, or even be good at specific tasks like drywall. But they understand the job, can do it if need be, but most importantly can judge the quality.
I don't think that's correct. Access to the fiber links or colocation in a facility is not only ridiculously expensive you have to know the right people (the cartel) to get it done.
I can't just offer a crazy amount of money and get access, the other major players have to let me play.
People have said Apple can buy companies like NSO for less than they probably spend on SEIMs in a year. But as soon as they do that there will be another startup doing the same thing.
The company (GreyShift) that broke the secure enclave had ex-apple security engineers working for them.
They all do that. I've been in Offensive Security for 10+ years with several spent at FAANGS, and not only do they all have large security teams doing internal testing, they hire multiple contractors like Trail-of-Bits to audit every important service continuously throughout the year.
Apple has way more than 10 full time researchers looking at iOS all day, trust me :). They also have a really generous bug bounty. There is always bugs though.
I live in Austin and I hate it here. I vote in every local and statewide race but it seems like it's getting worse.
I'm pretty close to selling my house and moving to Colorado but as third generation Texan I feel like I'm abandoning my home and leaving it to the crazies.