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DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It
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."
(also article is a little too breathlessly enamored of apple: PR astroturf?)
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
...I've got some "moon" rocks I'd like to sell you.
Honestly, this seems like a way to trick dumb criminals into thinking their information is secure just because they use an iPhone. If this were truly the case, and the DOJ does really have problems in dealing with iOS devices, I'd expect them to remain tight lipped about it.
There are companies selling suites of forensics tools that blow thur any iphone security in a heart beat.
Not to mention that every hacker can get into a stolen phone with any number of widely published tricks.
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
That video is over 2 years old. Re-read TFS.
iCloud Supoena.
So, the "remote control" is uncrackable? iCloud and Siri and "location awareness" with GSM, WiFi and GPS make the security of the actual device nearly an orthoganal proposition to any enforceable protection for the user or data.
When this is so clearly a form of misdirection, I can't help but wonder the purpose of a DOJ statement like his being made public. Which perception and behaviour are they trying to influence, and by whom?
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
TFA and TFS should be modded +5 Funny.
One suspects that there are back doors all over the iPhone, in addition to the various apps that have access to remarkable amounts of stored material and regularly send it home (or elsewhere). Otherwise its alleged impenetrability would hardly be promoted by law enforcement. It's like Brer Rabbit pleading "please don't throw me in the briar patch".
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
I was at this conference, the running joke was "If it's encrypted, forget about it!" Everyone knows this. FDE and utilities like TrueCrypt will always prevent data recovery, save for the human factor of giving up the password.
Also at the conference was the strong difference between American and British/Australian law. In the U.S., the 5th Amendment prevents someone from being required to turn over their password. The Brits and Aussies do not have this problem, as the 5th amendment doesn't exist for them.
sudo make me a sandwich
Hitting people with wrenches is forbidden by the Bill of Rights.
Your point being....?
Didn't stop them from hitting Padilla or Manning with metaphorical wrenches. A couple more direct examples: reporters jailed (or threatened with jail) for not revealing their sources.
Ceci n'est pas un sig.
If you don't have a passcode enabled on the device then there's not much point in encrypting it, is there?
"What is he punishing you for?"
Sadly the answer to that is so bloody obvious that it strains disbelief that Scalia wouldn't know it before he asked the question.
Quite simply, he's punishing you for not telling him what he wants to hear. That's all torture is good for anyway. If you torture someone long enough, they'll eventually figure out what you want to hear and start singing that tune like a canary. Note: What you want to hear has little, if anything, to do with the truth (except, perhaps, by coincidence).
Amen!
In the US, this is another example of political correctness gone overboard.
What the old saying about people not learning from mistakes in the past are bound to repeat them in the future?
Then again...look at Germany, banning most anything Nazi connected....I believe similar type bans happen in other EU countries too?
But seriously....this is a part of US history, and should not be suppressed. I remember seeing old Bugs Bunny cartoons...people got blown up into 'blackface'....if they even show these episodes on tv, these parts are usually edited...
Why? This is part of history, and people should know what attitudes were publicly held and presented to see how much we've changed over the years.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
(Well, technically, they'd have to turn you over to the military and have them shoot you...)
This is unlikely to happen in very many cases, however, even though it's legal.
If the masses can keep you down, you're not the Ubermensch.