FBI/Apple Fiasco

[Anonymous Observer]

The FBI hasn’t made Apple crumble (yet)

What's your take on the whole thing?

 

[SwimExpert]

The FBI hasn’t made Apple crumble (yet)

What's your take on the whole thing?

My take is that you're a poser.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

My take is how absolutely abhorrent, ruthless, lawless, and tyrannical our govt has become.

 

[Contumacious]

My take is how absolutely abhorrent, ruthless, lawless, and tyrannical our govt has become.

ditto

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

The FBI hasn’t made Apple crumble (yet)

What's your take on the whole thing?

Apple helped them behind the curtain in order to be able to save face

 

[Rustic]

Fuck the federal government

 

[WildBillKelsoe]

my take is, Apple could have cooperated, just-a-fucking-little, and kept the lid on Pandora's box.

But, nooooooooooooo! Couldn't do that shit!

 

[Contumacious]

my take is, Apple could have cooperated, just-a-fucking-little, and kept the lid on Pandora's box.

But, nooooooooooooo! Couldn't do that shit!

HUH?

WTF?

Oh, its you.


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[waltky]

Apple iPhone not so secure after all...

Government Hackers, Inc.
April 6, 2016 • The revelation that an Israeli firm cracked the iPhone raises questions about state-corporate espionage.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) court battle with Apple over the security system in place on iPhones appears to be over. But some experts in the communications security community are expressing concern because of the Bureau’s unwillingness to reveal what exactly occurred to end the standoff. According to government sources speaking both on and off the record, the FBI succeeded in breaking through the Apple security measures with the assistance of an unidentified third party. The technique used was apparently not a one-off and is transferable as the Bureau has now indicated that it will be accessing data on a second phone involved in a murder investigation in Arkansas and is even considering allowing local police forces to share the technology. That means that the FBI and whatever other security and police agencies both in the U.S. and abroad it provides the information to will have the same capability, potentially compromising the security of all iPhones worldwide.

The breakthrough in the case leads inevitably to questions about the identity of the company or individual that assisted the Bureau. It means that someone outside government circles would also have the ability to unlock the phones, information that could eventually wind up in the hands of criminals or those seeking to disrupt or sabotage existing telecommunications systems. No security system is unbreakable if a sophisticated hacker is willing to put enough time, money and resources into the effort. If the hacker is a government with virtually unlimited resources the task is somewhat simpler as vast computer power will permit millions of attempts to compromise a phone’s operating system.

In this case, the problem consisted of defeating an “Erase Data” feature linked to a passcode that had been placed on the target phone by Syed Farook, one of the shooters in December’s San Bernardino terrorist attack. Apple had designed the system so that 10 failures to enter the correct passcode would lock the phone and erase all the data on it. This frustrated FBI efforts to come up with the passcode by what is referred to as a “brute force” attack where every possible combination of numbers and letters is entered until the right code is revealed. Apple’s security software also was able to detect multiple attempts after entry of an incorrect passcode and slow down the process, meaning that in theory it would take five and a half years for a computer to try all possible combinations of a six-character alphanumeric passcode using numbers and lowercase letters even if it could disable the “Erase Data” feature.

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[Timmy]

Law enforcement thinks they can do as they please . They used this case wh good facts for them (you want to stop terrrrrror!?) to jailbreak those pesky phones .

 

[Contumacious]

Apple iPhone not so secure after all...

Government Hackers, Inc.
April 6, 2016 • The revelation that an Israeli firm cracked the iPhone raises questions about state-corporate espionage.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) court battle with Apple over the security system in place on iPhones appears to be over. But some experts in the communications security community are expressing concern because of the Bureau’s unwillingness to reveal what exactly occurred to end the standoff. According to government sources speaking both on and off the record, the FBI succeeded in breaking through the Apple security measures with the assistance of an unidentified third party. The technique used was apparently not a one-off and is transferable as the Bureau has now indicated that it will be accessing data on a second phone involved in a murder investigation in Arkansas and is even considering allowing local police forces to share the technology. That means that the FBI and whatever other security and police agencies both in the U.S. and abroad it provides the information to will have the same capability, potentially compromising the security of all iPhones worldwide.

The breakthrough in the case leads inevitably to questions about the identity of the company or individual that assisted the Bureau. It means that someone outside government circles would also have the ability to unlock the phones, information that could eventually wind up in the hands of criminals or those seeking to disrupt or sabotage existing telecommunications systems. No security system is unbreakable if a sophisticated hacker is willing to put enough time, money and resources into the effort. If the hacker is a government with virtually unlimited resources the task is somewhat simpler as vast computer power will permit millions of attempts to compromise a phone’s operating system.

In this case, the problem consisted of defeating an “Erase Data” feature linked to a passcode that had been placed on the target phone by Syed Farook, one of the shooters in December’s San Bernardino terrorist attack. Apple had designed the system so that 10 failures to enter the correct passcode would lock the phone and erase all the data on it. This frustrated FBI efforts to come up with the passcode by what is referred to as a “brute force” attack where every possible combination of numbers and letters is entered until the right code is revealed. Apple’s security software also was able to detect multiple attempts after entry of an incorrect passcode and slow down the process, meaning that in theory it would take five and a half years for a computer to try all possible combinations of a six-character alphanumeric passcode using numbers and lowercase letters even if it could disable the “Erase Data” feature.

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They haven't cracked shit


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