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Takeaway is to not enable biometric unlock if you are concerned about your data being accessed by authorities.
This has long been true. In a pinch you can mash the power button 5+ times to require a key code at next unlock.
FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
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Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Takeaway is to not enable biometric unlock if you are concerned about your data being accessed by authorities.
So in america, they can force you to use a biometric but they can't compel you to reveal your password? I mean, i agree with you, but its a really weird line in the sand to draw
Pretty much.
Something you are: can be legally compelled Something you have: can be legally compelled Something you know: cannot be legally compelled
Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
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Indeed, likely as secure as the VPNs run by intelligence contractors.
1. iOS has well-known poorly documented zero-click exploits
2. Firms are required to retain your activity logs for 3 months
3. It is illegal for a firm to deny or disclose sealed warrants on US soil, and it is up to 1 judge whether to rummage through your trash. If I recall it was around 8 out of 18000 searches were rejected.
It is only about $23 to MITM someones phone now, and it is not always domestic agencies pulling that off. =3
Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Takeaway is to not enable biometric unlock if you are concerned about your data being accessed by authorities.
So in america, they can force you to use a biometric but they can't compel you to reveal your password? I mean, i agree with you, but its a really weird line in the sand to draw
That is genuinely the current state of law, yes. There's no real logic at work, just attempts at clawing back control whenever a new gray area appears.
Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
#45Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
#46I trust 404 media more than most sources, but I can’t help but reflexively read every story prominently showcasing the FBI’s supposed surveillance gaps as attempted watering hole attacks. The NSA almost certainly has hardware backdoors in Apple silicon, as disclosed a couple of years ago by the excellent researchers at Kaspersky. That being the case, Lockdown Mode is not even in play.
Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
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What do you think warrants are? You think they get a warrant and they say, "Can you put your finger on the device?" You say, "No," and that's it? If all they wanted to do was ask you, they would just ask you without the warrant.
I think you should simply try to read the warrant in question.
"...the requested warrants would permit law enforcement personnel to (1) press or swipe the fingers (including thumbs) of the subject to the fingerprint scanner of the devices..."
Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Takeaway is to not enable biometric unlock if you are concerned about your data being accessed by authorities.
So in america, they can force you to use a biometric but they can't compel you to reveal your password? I mean, i agree with you, but its a really weird line in the sand to draw
> So in america, they can force you to use a biometric but they can't compel you to reveal your password?
I don't get it, touching finger is easy, but how do you compel someone to reveal their password?
Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
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Both of your comments here, posted just one minute apart yet with completely different content, reek of LLM output.
People probably didn't see the other post, but both posts are several paragraphs and posted the same minute. No human would do that.
Its also a new account that only posted these two posts.
Re: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
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Serious question: What are the "valid concerns" about people securing their computing devices against third parties?
I get so annoyed by this Socratic line of questioning because it’s extremely obvious.
Terrorist has plans and contacts on laptop/phone. Society has a very reasonable interest in that information.
But of course there is the rational counter argument of “the government designates who is a terrorist”, and the Trump admin has gleefully flouted norms around that designation endangering rule of law.
So all of us are adults here and we understand this is complicated. People have a vested interest in privacy protections. Society and government often have reasonable interest in going after bad guys.
Mediating this clear tension is what makes this so hard and silly lines of questioning like this try to pretend it’s simple.