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And lets screw over Apple by claiming that we can crack the phone after Apple claims that no one can. We'll never have to prove it, so we win, Apple loses.
by Johnny555 11y ago
And lets screw over Apple by claiming that we can crack the phone after Apple claims that no one can.
We'll never have to prove it, so we win, Apple loses.
- enraged_camel 11y agoI don't think anyone (who matters) is particularly inclined to trust the government over Apple, though.
- jsolson 11y agoYeah, but, they're actually telling the truth here, right? The iPhone 5C has an unsecured AHB or AXI bus. You can inject arbitrary code via DMA and trigger and interrupt to cause it to run. This went away with TrustZone (present in ARMs with a secure enclave including later iPhones).
- Avenger42 11y agoI don't think Apple has claimed no one can crack the phone. That's not what this case was about.
- Johnny555 11y agoThere's a big difference between the actual details of the case (which few outside of the technology fields understand) and the public perception of the case. To the public, it was: FBI: We need Apple to hack this terrorist's phone Apple: We could, but we won't"
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoThis is gonna get spun as "Apple wanted the phone uncracked, FBI cracked it, FBI wins," but that's not accurate: what Apple wanted was not to be forced to crack the phone themselves. If the FBI backs off on that, Apple has unequivocally won.
- jamespo 11y agoNah, now everyone knows if they want security they need to upgrade to the latest iphone. Win-win for Apple.
- willvarfar 11y agoSurely it will come out in court if they couldn't crack the phone after all?
- lolidaisuki 11y agoIt's either fucking over Apple's advertising that is based on blatant lies or fucking over the public by making them think that they are secure when they are not.