Posted on 03/28/2016 3:36:30 PM PDT by McGruff
They simply mirrored the chip to software and tried codes on the software copy. It it locks up, you just start with another copy.
This involves very expensive equipment, so it would be very difficult for hackers to duplicate.
You would think somebody’s head would roll for making the Feds look retarded.
Unfortunately, that’s how they roll, why do your goddamned job when you can threaten and harass?
Ping
What if NSA cracked the code last year and identified terrorist targets for wet work and monitoring last year within days after the terrorist attack at San Bernardino. Then, let MI5, DGESEF and the CIA wet work experts handle those terrorists.
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And these guys can’t tell the difference between a real and forged birth certificate...LIke they don’t know where Obama was born, where he lived and where he traveled. BS big time.
The FBI wanted Apple to create a special update for the phone in question because it was concerned that the owner might have enabled a feature that would have erased the drive, had someone entered a bad password ten times.
My guess is that they cloned the phone’s memory, so they could start over if that had happened, then ran through the 4-6 digit passwords.
Perhaps it was kabuki theater of a different sort.
All the energy was put into showing how hard the iphone was to break into.
That might convince some jihadis to use iphones.
Getting more jihadis to use iphones might have been the primary purpose.
All those numbers and texts are going to be to islam-a-nazis that have left town and/or changed ID.
I heard from pretty good source they cracked that phone within days of the terrorist attack in San Berdo.
IMHO this is excellent news.
“They are lying.”
yes.
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Darn. You stole my comment. Some agent finally took the phone home to his kid and persuaded him to interrupt playing Tour of Duty for a half hour.
Are you kidding? This result makes Apple look LESS secure. Some unnamed company breaks their vaunted encryption in a week?
I'd be ashamed I put up so much caterwauling about it. Now they just look silly and ineffectual.
Monkeys with toys.
At some point the technology becomes to cumbersome for simple human minds.
The government satellite watcher with bunny slippers and collared greens can’t process much.
Too much unconnected data.
They found that little slidey-thing on the side and it opened right up. Dang they're good....
YEP
Wrong!
Israel gave the FBI the access.
The thing to look for in the near term is whether they are able to access the other 12 iPhones they had waiting in the wings, AND what NYC does with the 175 iPhones they needed help with.
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