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but it wasn't a brute force attack those 70 times so how is it the same thing?
by aljones 11y ago
but it wasn't a brute force attack those 70 times so how is it the same thing?
- timr 11y agoThis is also a brute force attack. The terrorist had a four-digit passcode. They're going to try 0000-9999 and find the one that works. They just need Apple to disable the software that wipes the device after ten bad passcode attempts. Everything that you've read about a "backdoor" or a "key" is totally uninformed commentary on the matter. The intarwebz are outraged (outraged!), but they don't even understand the debate.
- MacsHeadroom 11y ago>this is also a brute force attack The other times weren't though. > they don't even understand the debate Look in a mirror lately?
- timr 11y agoYes, they were. Apple installed software which brute-forced a four-digit PIN in those other cases, same as what's being asked here.
- aljones 11y agoThis is not true. Such tools exist, but are not what Apple used. They just extracted data. It wasn't encrypted so that was all they needed to do.