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> They are not worried about the data on the San Bernardino iPhone, because if they were they would have had it by now. I wish this was the point made by more
by spdustin 11y ago
> They are not worried about the data on the San Bernardino iPhone, because if they were they would have had it by now.
I wish this was the point made by more mainstream media outlets. Not for the reasons the article author posts, but rather that the SOP for Apple devices involves bringing it to a known access point and powering the phone to allow an iCloud backup to occur.
- Someone1234 11y agoUnfortunately the iCloud backup option is no longer available to the FBI now as they changed the iCloud password.
- spdustin 11y agoPrecisely - from where I'm sitting, the disregard for standard forensic examination procedures [0] shown by the reset of the iCloud password proves that their actual desire to obtain the data is not in proportion to their assertion that Apple gives in to their demand. Additionally, had they brought the device to a known access point and plugged it in to a charger, they could have availed themselves of another handy thing: Access to a computer synchronized with iCloud would've yielded an iCloud-specific token that could be used to download and extract the backup (without Apple's involvement), bypassing even TFA. [1] [0]: http://www.nij.gov/publications/Pages/publication-detail.aspx?ncjnumber=199408 http://www.nij.gov/publications/Pages/publication-detail.asp... [1]: https://www.elcomsoft.com/eppb.html https://www.elcomsoft.com/eppb.html