Posted on 02/19/2016 4:55:27 AM PST by dayglored
... so Apple doesn't need to place a back door on its product
Using an obscure law, written in 1789 — the All Writs Act — the US government has ordered Apple to place a back door into its iOS software so the FBI can decrypt information on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
It has finally come to this. After years of arguments by virtually every industry specialist that back doors will be a bigger boon to hackers and to our nation's enemies than publishing our nuclear codes and giving the keys to all of our military weapons to the Russians and the Chinese, our government has chosen, once again, not to listen to the minds that have created the glue that holds this world together.
This is a black day and the beginning of the end of the US as a world power. The government has ordered a disarmament of our already ancient cybersecurity and cyberdefense systems, and it is asking us to take a walk into that near horizon where cyberwar is unquestionably waiting, with nothing more than harsh words as a weapon and the hope that our enemies will take pity at our unarmed condition and treat us fairly.
Any student of world history will tell you that this is a dream. Would Hitler have stopped invading Poland if the Polish people had sweetly asked him not to do so? Those who think yes should stand strongly by Hillary Clinton’s side, whose cybersecurity platform includes negotiating with the Chinese so they will no longer launch cyberattacks against us.
...if the government succeeds in getting this back door, it will eventually get a back door into all encryption, and our world, as we know it, is over.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
uckfay uoyay, ohnjay afeemcay...
break that code, sucker.
apple, tell the fbi you cracked the code on that phone... it was islam.
“Isn’t he running from a murder charge or something?”
Well not really. McAfee had a house in Belize and was living there a few years ago. I guess he greased the skids with a big “donation” to the govt when he first moved down there. They got greedy and wanted another $Million so he told them no and next thing you know he’s wanted for murder. He fled the country and came back to the US.
The FBI should due some real investigating and investigate all the phone numbers connected with this cell phone instead of trying the easy way out.
I thought he is running for president with the libertarian party.
LOL, Mine has been doing that too. We must have the same model.
McAfee is insane. Probably a hardcore drug user.
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If Mac can do it, the FBI has no case.
But Apple should have jumped at the need to hack the phone of a terrorist, and done it.
Apple has always been anti-american at their core, much like all the other leftist controlled companies.
America should be sending Apple a message.
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No kidding.
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Encryption hasn’t changed in a decade or more, and it is unlikely that it can.
Cracking an encrypted message is mostly a matter of exhaustive search, using all the processing power you can lay your hands on.
Mcafee’s approach goes to the enhancement of intelligent selection, rather than just search. Identity thieves do this constantly on social media.
It is my belief that the “back door” already exists, and Apple doesn’t wish to divulge that fact.
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Dontcha think they’ve already done that part?
That is routine police work.
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>> “I figured everybody can use a little more “bizarre” on a Friday morning.” <<
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One can always go read the Trumper’s garbage on the election threads. It beats Mother Goose all to hell.
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Somewhere in that phone, all of the keystrokes that were used to create every encryption key that has been used on that phone are stored under a different key, probably held by the cell service provider.
(and yes, my mind is that devious, so is yours; the Word of God says so.)
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Our FBI is filled with the types of people who send 50 agents to Ferguson to attack cops - based on NOTHING... accept the lies of black and white criminals.
Some in the FBI and IRS have targeted conservative Americans for their political beliefs... and that type person - a 'true believer in State Power' will 'share' backdoor information with corrupt liberal elites in our Congress and the Administration. Share with people who bargain classified information away to our enemies - while receiving millions of dollars for 42 minute 'speeches'.
Best NOT to share... We live in a world gone bad, run by evil liberal elites... people who will sell their souls - - and our safety - - for 'donations' and high priced 'speeches'...
Maybe we're better off letting terrorists kill us randomly than having our 'betters' hand over the keys to the kingdom ...
the man apparently misunderstands the situation
he is mountain izing the ant hill of one phone
My Mama told me to “Never do anything that you don’t want everybody to know about because sooner or later they will find out”. It’s worked out pretty well so far.
That is great advice. I wish I had heard it when I was younger, and I also wish I had the ability to remember, comprehend and actually follow my parents advice when I was younger. I didn’t, however.
“McAfee and Norton were the best (and only) ways to go. In more recent decades they have become hit-or-miss bloatware.”
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Peter Norton sold his company to Symantec in 1990. It has degenerated in quality since then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norton
Ha ha, neither did I when I was younger. However having my own kids made me remember and start acting right and imparting the same lessons to them.
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