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FBI Agrees to Help Arkansas Prosecutor Unlock iPhone and iPod in Homicide Case
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Lol the lying SoB's! I knew it!
At least it seems to be a difficult task, to crack an iPhone meaning lots of effort for each device.
Thank god Apple resisted them in the first place otherwise this would be an absolute security and privacy nightmare.
Apple - please tighten the bolts again and render this method useless.
At least it seems to be a difficult task, to crack an iPhone meaning lots of effort for each device.
Thank god Apple resisted them in the first place otherwise this would be an absolute security and privacy nightmare.
Apple - please tighten the bolts again and render this method useless.
Look I understand that people are concerned about privacy, but rooting for accused murderers is just a little bit crazy. Unless you're planning to join ISIS or commit a serious felony the government isn't going to care about your iPhone.
Didn't know you could do that...
Anyway, the delay after an incorrect attempt only kicks in after five attempts. That means anyone getting hold of your phone for a minute can prank you by entering five incorrect passcodes, and erasing your phone. Better have a backup.
Says the person that feels safe and does not have any current dissenting/overly negative opinions of the government or society he/she lives under.
I am sure an anonymous female blogger in Saudi Arabia that feels women should have the same Rights as men would feel differently about your statement.
If I say my opinion about Donald Trump, the next US government might care about my phone. Who knows?
I an talking about the device FBI have offered to help unlocking, related to this thread, but then you already know that.
The FBI doesn't work for the Saudi government so they wouldn't care about the hypothetical blogger.
The difference is "they asked," vs. just breaking into your phone.
The amazing thing about conspiracy theories is that when one is debunked another couple take its place. Based on some of the responses I've seen here that theory is alive and well lol.
There's a major difference between hiding and privacy, though. If it's just a case of having "nothing to hide", go give your house key to everyone in your town that promises to only use it to VISIT unexpectedly, but not STEAL anything. "Promise!"
No, I didn't already know that. You talked about past events (". . . did they unlock", "what iOS it was running") and since the current one hasn't been unlocked....
I have no problem with this. The FBI needs to access the phones of bad guys.
They're not gonna invade your wifi. Take off your tin foil hats.
They're not gonna invade your wifi. Take off your tin foil hats.
Then it will be an inconvenient pain to reinstall the entire thing.
Luckily, I don't give my phone to anyone, ever.
The FBI doesn't have a sterling record of identifying who the "Bad Guys" are.
You don't need 20 characters. The basic passcode checking mechanism on the iPhone is designed so that checking one passcode will take 80 milliseconds. If you keep it simple and take four random lowercase letters followed by four random digits, you have 4.5 billion combinations, which take 365 million seconds or 11 1/2 years to check.
My suggestion to folks that have TouchID equipped devices is to use their AppleID password (p/w) for both their screen and iCloud Keychain unlock passcodes:
1. reset your passcode:
>settings
>TouchID & Passcode
>Enter old passcode
>Change Passcode
>Enter old passcode
>Passcode Options
>Custom Alphanumeric Passcode
>enter your AppleID password
>Use for iCloud Keychain? = yes
Notes:
a. A typical p/w is generally longer than a passcode, but if you use TouchID, you rarely have to enter them so the length difference is trivial;
b. Benefit of using AppleID p/w for lockscreen and iCloud Keychain passcodes is that you don't have to remember 3 separate "passthings", and by reusing the AppleID p/w in this way, you will be refreshing it in your mind each time you use it;
c. A note of caution: jealously protect your AppleID p/w as it is one of your most important p/ws. Don't share it. If you write it down, put it in a safe location. If you enter it in public, make sure you do it out of sight of prying eyes;
d. If you change any of your passthings (AppleID p/w, screen lock passcode, iCloud Keychain passcode, don't forget to change the others as well;
e. The screen lock passcode won't let you sequentially use the same code over again, so if for some reason you change this, you need to keep 1d above in mind.
2. set/reset your SIM PIN code:
>settings
>Phone
>SIM PIN
>turn on
>change PIN
>change to last 4-digits of your iPhone telephone number
Notes:
a. The reason for setting a SIM PIN is that if your phone is lost/stolen, a PIN protected SIM can't be pulled out of your phone and used by an unauthorized party;
b. The reason for relating your PIN to your phone number is so you can easily remember it, because there are several conditions under which the iPhone will demand the SIM PIN (I.e. Restarts after empty battery or s/w updates);
c. For security reasons, SIM PINs are randomly generated by phone companies at the time the SIM is manufactured, so that not every SIM card has the same default PIN. This is good for security but hard for users because they are randomly abstract and thus PINs are easy for many folks to forget;
b. Even folks (like Ali G) who can't remember their PIN codes, can usually remember their phone numbers, thus this eliminates the need to keep (or lose) the SIM carrier card issued by the phone company (or to write it down on a scrap of paper);
c. Thieves or finders of your phone won't know your phone number*, so any PIN derived from your phone number is randomly abstract to them;
* Unless they know you, or they get it via other means (i.e. By also stealing your wallet with a business card, receipt, or other item with your phone number on it);
d. For obvious reasons, it would not be too intelligent to have your phone number written on the case or inside a cover.
© 2016 Robert.Walter
Comment or feedback is welcomed.
I have six digits, and there are no 10 billion phones, so it's less than 99.99999999%. Basic maths.
Why? So you can get away with murder?
Oh, that's right, you think that your right to privacy is absolute, becuase you think the government wants to read your emails to grandma.