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> forensic analysts discovered the password to decrypt the Mac Pro Computer A little concerning. Does the FBI have an undisclosed FileVault backdoor?
by daxorid 9y ago
> forensic analysts discovered the password to decrypt the Mac Pro Computer
A little concerning. Does the FBI have an undisclosed FileVault backdoor?
- Tuna-Fish 9y agoIt's much more likely that he wrote it down somewhere.
- eridius 9y agoFrom the PDF: > Despite Doe’s refusal, forensic analysts discovered the password to decrypt the Mac Pro Computer, but could not decrypt the external hard drives. So either the Mac Pro had a weak password or Doe had it written down somewhere. It's rather unlikely that the FBI has a zero-day for FileVault.
- charlesdm 9y agoI don't think it's unlikely at all, however, it is unlikely they would disclose having it for such a meaningless case. The value of this case to them isn't decrypting the data -- it's in setting a precedent on forced data decryption, which they can then use for other cases. Someone quoted this in a post below: "Prosecutors said Rawls has a lot of "chutzpah" to even ask to get out of jail while he appeals the contempt-of-court order to the Supreme Court, which has never decided whether forcing somebody to decrypt hardware amounted to a Fifth Amendment violation.", proving the point.
- dtech 9y agoCould just be a dictionary attack or similar password guess