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Why does the DoJ care whether they can compel Apple to help them? Well, there's a pretty big difference between non-destructively copying someone's phone, and
by nickodell 11y ago
Why does the DoJ care whether they can compel Apple to help them?
Well, there's a pretty big difference between non-destructively copying someone's phone, and taking the phone apart and unsoldering the memory chip.
Second, if the DoJ starts doing that, the next obvious step for Apple is to put the encryption key in a hardware security module that the DoJ can't crack. This is an arms race that they can't possibly win.
- phkahler 11y ago>> Well, there's a pretty big difference between non-destructively copying someone's phone, and taking the phone apart and unsoldering the memory chip. If you use a password as a key to encrypt data on the device, no amount of hardware or software access is going to reveal the data.
- nickodell 11y agoAbsent a hardware security module, most users don't pick passwords long enough or secure enough to dissuade offline bruteforcing.