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FBI will help local authorities unlock iPhones

article published on 3 April, 2016

According to a new report, FBI officials will help local law enforcement in unlocking iPhones and other electronic devices. The FBI recently admitted they were able to break into a terrorist's iPhone using a third-party technique, and it appears that other agencies want help with devices of alleged criminals of their own. In response, the FBI sent the following letter: Since recovering ... [ read the full article ]

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sikosrus
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_ 		3. April 2016 @ 14:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I Wasn't aware that the FBI supported hacking
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zxe45
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_ 		4. April 2016 @ 05:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why are people surprised, if the hacking community can get in to the IOS iPhone for jail break, why can they not access the encryption part
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Bozobub
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_ 		6. April 2016 @ 11:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The method used, as far as is known, was most likely a hardware hack. It has little to do with software methods like jailbreaking.

The exact method used is up in the air still, but most sources agree that it was probably done by taking out the flash memory, duping it as is, then brute-forcing the keycode. Each copy, they get a few more attempts at the code before they are locked out.
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megadunderhead
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_ 		6. April 2016 @ 13:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
but again here is the problem...

1. IOS has encryption as well so the hack would have to decrypt the files and well and honestly i would love to see that because i would think the only thing you would get out of the phone is garbage ones and zero's


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