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The hard drive content is encrypted. Assuming there are no backdoors, seems like the only thing they can try is to make bruteforcing easier.
by skocznymroczny 11y ago
The hard drive content is encrypted. Assuming there are no backdoors, seems like the only thing they can try is to make bruteforcing easier.
- darylteo 11y agoShould note that John McAfee is offering to "break the encryption" of the data within 3 weeks of commencement using "social engineering". His intentions: good. His success probability: unlikely (unless they have knowledge of how the encryption key is built from the passcode) Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-b...
- jessaustin 11y agoSocial engineering? "Mr. Cook, it's John McAfee on line three, again. He says, quote, 'pretty pretty please.'"
- lasdfas 11y agoThe FBI wasn't asking for the device to be decrypted. They were asking for a new operating system to be installed that circumvented the 10 wrong tries and the phone is erased. My original question still stands
- mindslight 11y agoThe half-solution security chip plus the device's software form a psuedo trusted computing module. It does seem that if the FBI desoldered the security chip and subpoenaed the KDF algorithm, they could recover the raw encryption key using their own hardware. But perhaps I'm missing a detail.