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Trump, Barr, and the FBI do not need Apple to unlock a terrorist's iPhones:
Previously, Cellebrite relied on a brute force system. With its machine plugged into an iPhone's Lightning port, Cellebrite would override limits on passcode attempts and would then try every possible passcode combination until it hit on the right one. But Apple added a Restricted USB Mode with iOS 12 that prevents the Lighting port from connecting to another device if an iPhone has not been unlocked within the last hour. Cellebrite's updated software allows it to communicate with the chipset used on certain iPhone models, apparently regardless of the iOS version that the phone in question is running. This new technology could be very useful.
Neil Broom, who works with law enforcement to unlock phones, said, "This Cellebrite tool would let the government get a whole lot of information out of the phone, more than we've previously been able to extract.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 19 2020, @03:50AM (7 children)
What they actually want, is for every corporation in the US, and ultimately the world, to jump to attention, waiting at the beck and call of law enforcement. Cops don't want to do cop-work, they want it all handed to them, on a silver platter, by compliant servants. Fuck 'em all, I say.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by deimtee on Sunday January 19 2020, @04:02AM
It is not really about cops catching criminals. While law enforcement would like to crack phones, that is just the public face patsy they put on it to get public support.
Really they are after political and financial information and control.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @04:28AM (2 children)
People are so much better behaved when they think they might be caught.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 19 2020, @05:07AM
As a rule, I'll agree with you. But, the shooters who make the news intend to be "caught" posthumously. Or, most of them, anyway. You've got to remember that not everyone is equally motivated by the same things.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @06:21AM
Or they just use other methods to achieve same goal.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 19 2020, @05:08AM (2 children)
I'm not into the kink of fucking cops, sorry.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 19 2020, @06:33AM (1 child)
I've met a couple who turned me on. Little redhead in Kentucky, and a brunette in New York. And, can't forget the blonde in San Diego county, wearing a sheriff's badge, helpfully changing a flat tire for an elderly couple. I don't object to a little kink. It's the overall attitude of absolute authoritarianism that pisses me off most of the time.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday January 19 2020, @04:55PM
I got bad news for you, cop types are into thugs. No, really. The reasoning behind why should be obvious.