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They might have a way to gain access anyway. That was that case where the FBI got the locked iPhone 5C of a San Bernardino shooter suspect. Apple refused to unl
by frollogaston 2mo ago
They might have a way to gain access anyway. That was that case where the FBI got the locked iPhone 5C of a San Bernardino shooter suspect. Apple refused to unlock it, so the FBI paid a hacking firm to do it. If there's no known vuln to get into a phone today, I wonder if they'd hold onto it in hopes that one shows up later.
- inigyou 2mo agoAny phone besides GrapheneOS should be assumed to be hackable immediately and automatically with a device they have in their back office.
- frollogaston 2mo agoThat suspect's iPhone 5C had a weak numeric passcode, so the only defense was hardware security limiting the number of attempts. Someone reverse-engineered that, wasn't a backdoor. I'm not sure how GrapheneOS differs from regular Android or iPhone on hardware security, but seems like it's basically the same. Need a secure passphrase to be truly safe.
- inigyou 2mo agoI didn't say it was a backdoor. GrapheneOS is the only OS that consistently shows as unhackable on lists of devices vendors can hack for police. Which could make it a honeypot, but anything could be one.