Apple V. FBI Case Ends!
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Posted on 03/28/2016 3:36:30 PM PDT by McGruff
The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it has successfully accessed data stored on the iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino gunman without Apple's help, ending the court case against the tech company.
The surprise development effectively ends a pitched court battle between Apple and the Obama administration.
The government told a federal court Monday, without any details, that it accessed data on gunman Syed Farook's iPhone and no longer requires Apple's assistance.
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My bet is that DOJ is lying. Look who runs the joint.
Well, if they wanted to track accomplices, the FBI s given them plenty of time to prepare for this day.
No, Apple did not "cave". The iPhone was opened by an Israeli firm named "Cellebrite."
Well sure, after Apple told them deliberate lies about what the FBI was requesting. If I believed the crap Apple was selling, I would have been on their side too, but fortunately I read the FBI court filing, and it didn't say anything like the lies that Apple inc was spreading across the internet.
Nope, it was always known that the tech of the iPhone 5C was not as robust as the technology of the iPhone 5S, 6, 6plus, 6S, or 6s plus, which use a different approach to security than the iPhone 5C. It is unlikely that the same technique will work on them.
True. iOS now supports alphanumeric passwords up to 20 characters in length. The memory copying approach they likely took (NAND mirroring) would not have been practical with a strong password. It's been reported that the phone had a 4 digit passcode.
The iPhone encryption was not broken. The passcode was brute forced. What was broken is the 10 failed attempt counter.
I'm wondering if Apple will introduce more hardware anti-tampering features in the future.
They probably will.
Oh? Is that why it took them almost four months to do it? You really don't know what you are talking about. . . And have been blithering about for months.
Since when does this administration back down? ****crickets****
Three people should have gone into a room and extracted the info.
After this extra bit of work...the govt owns apple.
They probably hired a middle-schooler and promised him ice cream — with sprinkles.
Probably took him 30 minutes with a restroom and cola break.
I guess Apple’s phones are not all that secure after all.
Meaning, the FBI finally remembered the password they changed to. :)
I would like to know what, if anything , of value was found on the phone. What information was so important that lives were saved and our right to privacy compromised?
People have been jail breaking Apple phones. Big deal.
That is nothing like breaking the encryption on the phone.
It was always suspected that there was a way to crack the iPhone 5 and earlier phones. Starting with the iPhone 6, it would not be possible to do the same, since the Secure Enclave cannot be modified by software introduced from the outside while the phone is locked, as I understand it. But I agree with Apple that it was not acceptable for the government to try to force Apple to do the work. So the FBI did not get the precedent they wanted.
Yep, there is also a “timer” function built in (in a addition to “ten tries & erase” function) that the FBI wanted disabled...after each passcode attempt it adds time so that after several attempts it becomes impractical to attempt a “brute force”. Also, I am pretty sure the San Bernardino Co. iPhone in question was a 5c...I believe that the 6 & 6s have stronger “anti-brute force” built into the hardware whereas the “anti-brute force”in the 5c is software based?
https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf
I will never buy anything Apple!!!
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