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They could just contact geohot... In some ways I suspect that the FBI's arguments are a smoke-screen to keep us from talking about the fact that unknown 0-days
by bcook 11y ago
They could just contact geohot...
In some ways I suspect that the FBI's arguments are a smoke-screen to keep us from talking about the fact that unknown 0-days exist and perhaps the NSA even has a few.
- tptacek 11y agoHow could anyone who pays attention to modern computing not understand that zero-days exist? How can anyone who knows what the NSA is not think that they stockpile them? I will clue you in: NSA has a lot of vulnerabilities vendors don't know about.
- TillE 11y agoIt's not a very good smoke screen, since the most probable interpretation of the filing is that the NSA has an exploit. At least one security expert reported they were rebuffed by the FBI when they offered to help, so I seriously doubt the "outside party" is outside the government.
- a3n 11y ago> It's not a very good smoke screen, since the most probable interpretation of the filing is that the NSA has an exploit. I've wondered if the NSA already had the phone cracked, and Apple's help was just parallel construction to not reveal capabilities.
- BashiBazouk 11y agoCould the NSA crack the phone in a way that Apple engineers would not be able to tell the phone had been cracked?
- bcook 11y agoPresuming that we are unaware of the NSA's capabilities, the answer must be "yes".