If I couldn’t get in I would eventually wipe and restore it from a computer.
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iOS 11.4 Disables Lightning Connector After 7 Days, Limiting Law Enforcement Access
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I care a lot about encrypting my data traffic with no backdoors because of hackers going after money. But this security measure is only for protecting against those with physical access, who are mostly going to be law enforcement.
So in almost all cases, this just makes crime harder to fight. IDK what other case there is. Hackers breaking into stolen phones to read text messages and look for personal info in them? It's unlikely.
It's not about theoretical security either; the data is still only encrypted with 10^5 entropy in the end, and hardware protections are only security through obscurity (aka bogus). If you're really concerned, lock your stuff with a 20-digit alphanumeric code, cause that's the only way.
For those wanting to get all ideological about this, police can look at your home, mail, and phone calls with a warrant. I don't see why this is any different.
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Yeah, there are never any reasons for the government to need access. Certainly not thousands of children molested and their exploited photos traded around with pedophiles. There's no white collar crime or terrorism in the world. Yup, you've got it, there's never a good reason that they may need to access a device. Never.
Personal stuff. No one needs to see my personal photos, my email addresses, contacts, and others.
“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”- Edward Snowden
So why not default to require a passcode to allow USB access... as in, a 0 second expiry. Then once enabled, it becomes a 24 hour lease while attached.
You bring up a good point. Many consumers have ditched notebooks and desktops altogether. But most people still have a notebook or at least access to one.
You can attempt to argue with me all you want. I'm not going to engage. I'm just glad Apple is on the right side.
You’re conflating two entirely different statements by him. He clearly states computer forensics since 2007, and IPHONE related work since 08. The two are not exclusive.
A good move... but it'd be great if they'd actually fix whatever vulnerability allows the GreyKey to work at all, though. Hopefully they're pursuing that goal.
If you knew their Apple ID password or a way to get it, you could get to their photos possibly by logging into iCloud or their computer/Mac, right?
...the FBI RAN a child porn website as a honeypot for months.
You would plug it in to charge, and once charged you'd unlock it with your passcode.
I hadn't thought of DFU mode. Considering DFU mode is more low-level than Recovery, it should still be possible to restore a device that way. Would be nice if someone running the beta could check on that and make sure.
I’d rather live in a world with some bad people here and there than living in 1984.
iTunes syncing, Xcode dev, etc
They could have it as an option, but you know Apple wouldn't do that.
Reread the thing you just quoted. He said he cracked iPhones in 2008 and worked in 2007. Why is that contradictory?
Let me give you some advice then...don't go outside. A little known secret is...there are camera's everywhere!
Oh, and stay off the internet, also. And use only over-the-air for television as "they" track what you watch.
I did. It was unclear which is why it was questioned.
His statement was:
"Myself. I've worked in computer forensics and helped create tech to unlock iPhones as far back as 2008."
So the date of the forensics piece was unclear... he has since clarified.
When somebody says X and Y since Z, X and Y both apply to the reference point of Z
Don't go online either. MacRumors and nearly every other site use Google Analytics, which means everything you're doing is being recorded. What pages you visit, what links you click, how long you're on each page, and much more. All recorded to a nice tidy profile about everything you're doing. And then you use Google Maps to get directions and the GPS functionality so they know where you went and when.
Do you feel the same way about denying law enforcement access to a criminal suspect's home, car, storage unit, workplace, bank safe deposit box, etc looking for evidence, when a search warrant based on probable cause and signed by a judge, is obtained and presented?