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DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It

Posted by samzenpus on from the too-hard dept.

zacharye writes "In the five years since Apple launched the iPhone, the popular device has gone from a malicious hacker's dream to law enforcement's worst nightmare. As recounted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review blog, a Justice Department official recently took the stage at the DFRWS computer forensics conference in Washington, D.C. and told attendees that the beefed up security in iOS is now so good that it has become a nightmare for law enforcement."

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  1. Government Computer Skillz by ryanov · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've never been too impressed with government agencies and their knowledge of computing.

  2. Welcome to my Nightmare by carrier+lost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gee. The government can't spy on you using your own hardware?

    This is truly frightening.

    --
    XKCD:Xeric Knowledge Comically Dispen
  3. Obligatory tinfoil-hat quote by RabidReindeer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, yes, that's what they'd like you to believe, isn't it?

  4. Re:I don't believe it by TheLandyman · · Score: 5, Funny

    As an iPhone user since the first model, I've never been penetrated through my back door... willingly or otherwise.

  5. Easy by Dcnjoe60 · · Score: 5, Funny

    DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It

    I dropped mine off the balcony to the pavement below. It seems that it is very easy to crack an iPhone.