If your phone is lost or stolen you can wipe it remotely from any computer if you set up find my phone.
Which is probably why DOJ dropped the suit. Had they continued Apple might have used discovery to find out how it was down and prevent it from being used in the future. Cells rite may have conditioned their work on DOJ dropping the suit if they were successful. OTOH, Apple has a few bright engineers, who, now knowing there is a way could engineer a solution that stops it. Then again, Apple could also decide the method used to hack into an iPhone is labor intensive and can only be done when you have physical possession of the phone and is obvious it has been done, and thus not a security threat. If that is rhe case, not fixing it would balance security with legitimate reasons to access a device.
because they used a default 4 digit pass code. If they had used a 10 digit like I do it would have taken much much longer.
Sure. DOJ has some smart folks that are thinking the long game. In this case, there was nothing to gain and they can still go to court in a subsequent case if needed.
Supposedly the government tried everything. It's not Apple's business to try to hack their own software. They ask other companies to report bugs and they work to plug them. Also at no point did Apple say it could not be done. They said they said they no longer have the key and should not be compelled to create a broken version on their software with a backdoor that could be installed to overcome security measures. It's like taking Mac OS and forcing them to turn it to the new XP
That was an iPhone 5c. Just buy any newer iPhone And if _you_ want to prevent an iPhone 5c from being unlocked, use a six or eight digit passcode. There's a blog claiming a method to unlock a phone with 4 digit passcode and the option to erase after ten incorrect attempts within two days for a well-organized team knowing exactly what they are doing. 6 digts and that method would take 200 days.
We don't. They most likely are. I doubt anything was obtained. This was a face saving move after the DOJ was about to take one up the Dark Side. The phone in question was not hacked. If the statements are true it's Brain had Neurosurgery performed on it. At a cost of easily over $100,000 of your taxes. The most secure vault in the world is of no use when you can drill a hole into it and remove it's contents. Nothing the DOJ "allegedly" obtained has anything to do with the Security of iOS 9.
Doing more to address the issues of Burner Phones is much more effective than a public attempt to intimidate Apple using a tragic event to pray on the emotions of a mostly uninformed public at large.
So, stay the course Apple. Fight the Good Fight, and to Loretta E. Lynch, go have a cold one.
Ridiculous. I expect my phone to be secure enough so that run-of-the-mill identity thieves can't get into it if I lose it. I don't think anyone expects any device to be so secure that governments with unlimited resources can't eventually find a way in. Although our personal data is important to us, it's not like we're storing nuclear launch codes on our phones. This isn't the end of the world.
That company reportedly charges $15,000. That keeps you reasonably safe. Using a six or eight digit passcode keeps you _very_ safe.
