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Who wants to take bets on how? My bet is they copied the flash, and are iterating passcode guesses until it slows down too much (or implodes, however it's confi
by cmurf 11y ago
Who wants to take bets on how? My bet is they copied the flash, and are iterating passcode guesses until it slows down too much (or implodes, however it's configured) and then they reflash and iterate again. And it was only a 4 digit passcode, so it was pretty easy to do this.
The next bet is whether they find anything relevant? My bet is no. Next bet after that is whether they admit it? My bet is they won't.
But the more important one is if they tell Apple or open a CVE for the exploit they used if it's not a flash and guess technique they used? Is it ethical for FBI to sit on an exploit?
- airza 11y agothat's not how the security enclave works as far as i know, you can't copy that part off and so you can't copy off + bruteforce the drive?
- HappyTypist 11y agoYou can't copy that part off to another device but you can reflashing the chip on the device.
- askldfhjkasfhd 11y agoI don't think the iPhone in question was of a generation that had the security enclave, was it?
- icebraining 11y agoFrom what I understand, the iPhone in question is an older model, without the secure enclave.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoThe person in question had an iPhone 5C, which is very similar internally to an iPhone 5, and it doesn't have the Secure Enclave because it lacks Touch ID. The 5's successor, iPhone 5S, has it, I think.
- mikeash 11y agoThe secure enclave doesn't have separate storage, so even if this phone had one, the attack would still work. I'd wager that this will no longer be true in the iPhone 7.
- r0m4n0 11y agoYea I'm wondering the same thing. They should be bound by a public records request as the methods aren't related to national security (once the investigation has been deemed closed). Also, they should be required to disclose the amount of taxpayer money used for this workaround...
- exodust 11y ago> My bet is they copied the flash, and are iterating passcode guesses Sounds reasonable. No trivial task I bet, but with the world's attention on the case a lot of kids would be having a crack at the trendiest break-in job going right now. The guys who cracked the iPhone probably earned the equivalent of signing a record label deal. At the very least, the FBI liked and subscribed.