Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
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Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
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Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#3what if they just guessed the passcode based on numbers found associated with the couple or some other means of figuring it out like discovering a commonly used pin?
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#4Ask these guys, not the feds:
http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-lock...
You are welcome Apple.
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#5Deduction should make it pretty simple. There are a large number of phones out that law agencies want hacked. If the FBI completely stops asking for assistance, Apple can consider the exploit still active.
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#7I guess they should file a motion or how does this work to force FBI to disclose what they did :) It's only fair to give the FBI a chance to write a public letter too.
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#9I really find this whole thing hilarious.
First, it's Apple sticking it to the FBI by making a stand for privacy and receiving public accolades doing so as a champion of privacy. The FBI is the bad guy trying to invade our privacy.
Now, it's the FBI sending a giant "screw you" to Apple by not only letting them know they were able to hack into the phone without Apple's help but at the same time, making a mockery of Apple's entire security claims. And now, Apple is in panic mode, slowly realizing that they went from being the hero of privacy in the modern age to the company that wasn't able to secure its phone from the FBI. From the FBI. Of all things.
No wonder they are freaking out and they want to know how the FBI did it.
Except that if I were them, I certainly wouldn't ask that publicly, I would at least pretend I know how the FBI did it and claim that it's already fixed in the next version of the OS.
Which still means that tens of millions of iPhones are at risk today and will be for months, but at least, you get to pretend that you're ahead of the FBI while right now, it's pretty obvious that Apple has been outsmarted by a government agency.
The bottom line is that in this line of work, it pays to be discreet and humble.
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#10well it seems to me that now they know the bug exists, and they have the source code, that makes it easier to find. They have plenty of clever people at Apple I'm sure they will work it out.
I guess the biggest problem really is that they don't know if this vulnerability exists in current versions or if it was already fixed. I don't know that they would normally bother to fix old vulnerabilities but they do need to work on identifying this one at least.