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from the counter-counter-countermeasures dept.
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: 2) by takyon on Sunday January 19 2020, @05:32AM
Thanks, SoyCow1337. I forgot to submit this exact article.
The cat and mouse game continues. And it's probably a good thing because it will drive Apple to harden the design until it's nearly unassailable. That could also kill jailbreaking, but if that's your concern, you should probably buy something else.
That would make pretty much all iPhones vulnerable to something until iPhone 12 in late 2020.
Yeah right. Stick to phones, Alan Friedman.
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