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> Does anyone understand the connection between the iCloud password reset and the ability to get access to the iPhone? I do. Just to be clear it NEVER would h
by UnoriginalGuy 11y ago
> Does anyone understand the connection between the iCloud password reset and the ability to get access to the iPhone?
I do.
Just to be clear it NEVER would have given them access to the phone. But the FBI claims to want the data on the phone. What iCloud would have allowed them to do is to connect the iPhone to a known WiFi network and have it backup-sync up to iCloud where the FBI could obtain it.
The problem is because they changed the iCloud password that caused the phone to fall out of sync with the service until the new password is entered, and to do that you need the pin.
The speculation has been that the FBI already has most of the key information on the phone (from NSA taps & existing iCloud backups) but this whole thing was never about protecting the public or getting key intelligence, it is a pretence to gain a backdoor or more importantly to establish legal precedent with a case that will gain public support/is sympathetic.
- bogomipz 11y agoThey are this incompetent to realize the catch 22 of resetting the iCloud account? Rhetorical question. I was curious about you points regarding obtaining key information from taps and existing iCloud backups. How would the NSA get taps on someone manually keying in a PIN code? Also it sounds like the iPhones PIN code is included iCloud backups is that correct? I wonder why they include that rather than requiring resetting your pin on a restore? Does using the encrypted backups option via iCloud not make a difference here? I would hope selecting this option(its iTunes) would enable the backup to be protected by AES 128. Can anyone speak to these?
- fweespee_ch 11y ago> They are this incompetent to realize the catch 22 of resetting the iCloud account? Rhetorical question. Yeah that was kind of the point of my OP. They really are that incompetent and since they won't admit it to that ... every time something goes wrong their response is "WE NEED MORE POWER" to deflect blame.