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To put on my tin hat for a moment. Even if the government had a bullet proof way to crack phone encryption, I would expect that to be a closely guarded secret.
by 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
To put on my tin hat for a moment. Even if the government had a bullet proof way to crack phone encryption, I would expect that to be a closely guarded secret. Best make a bunch of noise huffing and puffing how you are stymied and cannot see the data. That being said, even if they had the tools, might be something kept in reserve for the most dire of cases, rather than tip your hand and let Apple/Google discover the trick on a minor case.
- 15155 2y agoThis isn't even a tin foil hat requiring thing: this is exactly what happened with the 2015 San Bernardino iPhone case. FBI wanted to compel Apple to release custom, new software to bypass rate limiting on an older device, Apple said "no," and when the case started turn against them, Cellebrite magically "found" the passcode and mooted the case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_d... FBI made this attempt to establish precedent.