There have been weeks that the FBI and the US Department of Justice monopolize the world media saying to anyone who will listen, they need Apple to unveil its encryption keys or create a backdoor ... Now the FBI says finally, he will not need the help of the Cupertino to hack an iPhone.
At the same time, everyone suspected it a little! Edward Snowden was himself intervened. There is little to affirm that the alleged inability of the FBI to hack an iPhone was "bullshit". To return to the facts, the FBI had sought the assistance of the firm at the apple to unlock the iPhone for a terrorist who committed the attack in San Bernardino, who had 14 dead and 21 wounded. Tim Cook had adamantly opposed the request, arguing that it would harm freedom, democracy and privacy. Not a terrorist, but of the whole American people.
A mysterious stranger reveals how to unlock an iPhone to FBI
A third person, whose name is yet unknown, contacted the FBI to show that it was possible to bypass Apple's protection. The mystery remains about the identity of that source, appeared from nowhere. Is this a pipe NSA, foreign secret services, security experts, or a hacker who knows, Apple itself under cover of anonymity. No one is now able to answer this question.
If this technique works, the FBI would have a tool to solve its investigation into the shooting of San Bernardino and nearly 200 other investigations expectations. This would especially calm the debate on data encryption, which became heated between the giants of the high-tech and authorities. President Obama had to intervene and warn that if no solution was found between the parties, the government should legislate on the issue of data encryption.
What is this unexpected method to unlock an iPhone? This question will come to many minds. It seems that is enough to copy the memory containing the attempt counter on the lock screen, normally locked in 10 attempts. With this data, it would then be possible to restore this state perpetually during attempts to discover the password by brute force. As the old saying goes, when we want, we can...
At the same time, everyone suspected it a little! Edward Snowden was himself intervened. There is little to affirm that the alleged inability of the FBI to hack an iPhone was "bullshit". To return to the facts, the FBI had sought the assistance of the firm at the apple to unlock the iPhone for a terrorist who committed the attack in San Bernardino, who had 14 dead and 21 wounded. Tim Cook had adamantly opposed the request, arguing that it would harm freedom, democracy and privacy. Not a terrorist, but of the whole American people.
A mysterious stranger reveals how to unlock an iPhone to FBI
A third person, whose name is yet unknown, contacted the FBI to show that it was possible to bypass Apple's protection. The mystery remains about the identity of that source, appeared from nowhere. Is this a pipe NSA, foreign secret services, security experts, or a hacker who knows, Apple itself under cover of anonymity. No one is now able to answer this question.
If this technique works, the FBI would have a tool to solve its investigation into the shooting of San Bernardino and nearly 200 other investigations expectations. This would especially calm the debate on data encryption, which became heated between the giants of the high-tech and authorities. President Obama had to intervene and warn that if no solution was found between the parties, the government should legislate on the issue of data encryption.
What is this unexpected method to unlock an iPhone? This question will come to many minds. It seems that is enough to copy the memory containing the attempt counter on the lock screen, normally locked in 10 attempts. With this data, it would then be possible to restore this state perpetually during attempts to discover the password by brute force. As the old saying goes, when we want, we can...