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LA Times is reporting that the phone is an iPhone 6 > The FBI has agreed to help prosecutors gain access to an iPhone 6 and an iPod that might hold evidence in

LA Times is reporting that the phone is an iPhone 6 > The FBI has agreed to help prosecutors gain access to an iPhone 6 and an iPod that might hold evidence in an Arkansas murder trial, just days after the agency managed to hack an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino terror attacks, a local prosecutor said Wednesday. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-arkansas-fbi-phone-access-20160330-story.html http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-arkansas-fbi-pho...

Pwngea 11y ago
IIRC, didn't the unlock in the San Bernardino case use an exploit(s) specific to the 5C or something? Also IIRC the iPhone 6 has some sort of hardware-level protection against this.
- bobbles 11y ago
  The FBIs request to Apple was for a specific to that 5c device 'hack' but they never released the details of what they actually did to get into it
- plorg 11y ago
  Anything you may have heard is almost certainly speculation. It seems pretty likely that a particular Israeli company supplied the FBI with an exploit, but no one has said anything about that exploit being specific to the 5c. Even Apple does not seem to know what the exploit was, as they are pursuing legal options (or dropping hints to that effect) to compel the FBI to reveal it to them.
  - taspeotis 11y ago
    > no one has said anything about that exploit being specific to the 5c. Cellebrite describes [1] the solution as working for iOS 8.x on the following devices: > Cellebrite's unlocking capability supports the following devices: iPhone 4S / 5 / 5C, iPad 2 / 3G / 4G,iPad mini 1G, and iPod touch 5G running iOS 8 ... [1] http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-locked-apple-devices-running-ios-8x http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-lock...
    - jonah 11y ago
      This comment someone posted in reply to my query on another article might be of interest to you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11387909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11387909
      - taspeotis 11y ago
        Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I did find that interesting. Thanks for sharing.
- chadzawistowski 11y ago
  iPhones 6 and up have a "Secure Enclave" https://www.quora.com/What-is-Apple%E2%80%99s-new-Secure-Enclave-and-why-is-it-important https://www.quora.com/What-is-Apple%E2%80%99s-new-Secure-Enc...

Pwngea 11y ago

IIRC, didn't the unlock in the San Bernardino case use an exploit(s) specific to the 5C or something? Also IIRC the iPhone 6 has some sort of hardware-level protection against this.

bobbles 11y ago
The FBIs request to Apple was for a specific to that 5c device 'hack' but they never released the details of what they actually did to get into it
plorg 11y ago
Anything you may have heard is almost certainly speculation. It seems pretty likely that a particular Israeli company supplied the FBI with an exploit, but no one has said anything about that exploit being specific to the 5c. Even Apple does not seem to know what the exploit was, as they are pursuing legal options (or dropping hints to that effect) to compel the FBI to reveal it to them.
- taspeotis 11y ago
  > no one has said anything about that exploit being specific to the 5c. Cellebrite describes [1] the solution as working for iOS 8.x on the following devices: > Cellebrite's unlocking capability supports the following devices: iPhone 4S / 5 / 5C, iPad 2 / 3G / 4G,iPad mini 1G, and iPod touch 5G running iOS 8 ... [1] http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-locked-apple-devices-running-ios-8x http://www.cellebrite.com/Pages/cellebrite-solution-for-lock...
  - jonah 11y ago
    This comment someone posted in reply to my query on another article might be of interest to you. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11387909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11387909
    - taspeotis 11y ago
      Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I did find that interesting. Thanks for sharing.
chadzawistowski 11y ago
iPhones 6 and up have a "Secure Enclave" https://www.quora.com/What-is-Apple%E2%80%99s-new-Secure-Enclave-and-why-is-it-important https://www.quora.com/What-is-Apple%E2%80%99s-new-Secure-Enc...