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What kind of devices do you have that are unencrypted? Both Android and iOS have been encrypted by default for what must be a decade by now?
by boring_twenties 3y ago
What kind of devices do you have that are unencrypted? Both Android and iOS have been encrypted by default for what must be a decade by now?
- prepend 3y agoWhat’s encrypted and safe now may not be in 20 years. I have an original iPhone in my drawer. It was decent 15 years ago, but not safe now.
- JohnFen 3y agoThis is an important point about encryption that a lot of people miss: it's not forever. All encryption is broken eventually. The purpose of encryption is not to keep secrets eternally. The purpose of it is to keep secrets long enough that by the time they're revealed, they aren't worth anything.
- boring_twenties 3y agoWait, what encryption would iOS have used 15 years ago that's now unsafe? AFAIK Android has always used dm-crypt (should be familiar to any Linux user) with AES, which I'm pretty sure is still safe. Back then I think maybe it used CBC mode, whereas now it defaults to XTR, but again AFAIK, CBC is still safe, it's just that XTR performs better for block devices or something. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
- Gigachad 3y agoWhat data are you holding that is still extremely sensitive after 20 years? I can maybe see someone repairing phones to boot them and grab unencrypted data. But no one is holding on to them for 20 years to decrypt them.
- prepend 3y agoNude photos of your mom of course. I think that’s what concerns people. And makes random phones of interest to bored people. A decent percent of phones probably have nudes. And I think that data stays sensitive.
- Gigachad 3y agoIn 20 years you'll be able to AI generate that from a facebook profile pic.