Doesn't this create a kind of precident for future requests to unlock iPhones on a newer OS? If the FBI/US Gov go to court saying they require Apples assistance - can't Apple turn around and basically say "this is what you said last time - and you worked it out - so we are sure you'll work it out again without our help"?
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
#12Doesn't this create a kind of precident for future requests to unlock iPhones on a newer OS? If the FBI/US Gov go to court saying they require Apples assistance - can't Apple turn around and basically say "this is what you said last time - and you worked it out - so we are sure you'll work it out again without our help"?
It certainly creates a precedent in the court of public opinion. Somehow I doubt the FBI are going to try this tactic again.
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#13I 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 Ap…
You think Apple should have lied to the public?
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#14Which company, or group did the hacking? I was told it was an Israeli company? If the company is listed, I would be tempted to gamble my last $500?
My luck--it will go down.
(I am curious if someone they really did hack it.)
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#15To best of my knowledge, there's no law saying the Government has to disclose squat to Apple. Given the public bickering/brinksmenship going on these past couple weeks, I doubt they'll be inclined to do so, and they're probably also bound by NDA's from Cellebrite or whoever created the hack (if the Feds even know how they did it)
There's some irony in here somewhere...
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#16If it was a million dollar hardware-level exploit, does it really matter? Much of the excited reporting on this seems to assume the FBI exploited an iOS software bug... do the press know something we don't?
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#17I 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 Ap…
...or the FBI didn't succeed to hack the phone, and just tries to justifies why it won't proceed to trial.
By the way, since the FBI said this phone will allow arresting other terrorists... did we find anything relevant on the phone?
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#18Ask these guys, not the feds: http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-lock... You are welcome Apple.
The San Bernadino phone was running iOS 9. (It's reasonable to assume that if there was a vulnerability in 8.x, Apple would want to have fixed it in 9.)
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#19Compared with android phone, it's still better for us. Encryption means it's hard to decryption not impossible to decryption.
Re: Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
#20Ask these guys, not the feds: http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-lock... You are welcome Apple.
If that's the case (and we can only guess) I can't possibly imagine that Cellebrite would offer Apple a way to make their services less useful than they already are.