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That 15k(or 30k) box looks like it is slightly more polished than an arduino case straight from the likes of DigiKey. It wouldn't look out of place in the 80's
by outworlder 9y ago
That 15k(or 30k) box looks like it is slightly more polished than an arduino case straight from the likes of DigiKey.
It wouldn't look out of place in the 80's. The LEDs in particular would fit right in.
I would not be surprised to find an actual $1 micro controller driving this. Or to find that out the box wasn't really required at all – and that during development the software ran in a normal laptop, but they needed a physical product to charge the big bucks...
- sterlind 9y agoGPS, 2-factor auth and probably additional tamper-proofing is packaged in the enclosure. GrayKey's value drops to zero the moment the exploit is unearthed; I suspect the black box mostly provides safeguarding. Though, one wonders whether a simple tap on the lightning cable couldn't spill the device's secrets.
- outworlder 9y agoGood observation, I had not considered the actual safeguarding of the exploit.
- nikanj 9y agoIt's somewhat amusing that their business model, i.e. "we break software protections", is 100% dependent on their own software protections working.
- userbinator 9y agoI would not be surprised if this was mainly developed by the Chinese, who have a history of making things like the *Box series, primarily for repair purposes. If anyone can extract keys from the actual secure enclave processor, it would be them.
- throwaway100000 9y agoAn i.MX6 SoM more like, running Linux. Uses an Apple Lighting to USB3 camera adapter to connect to the iPhone.