For more than two months, the FBI tried an iPhone 5c a terrorist to crack - so far without success. A US judge Apple has now prompted to crack the smartphone.
The iPhone is obviously so securely encrypted, that even the FBI does not come to the contents of your device easily. The reports the Washington Post. Specifically, this involves an iPhone 5c, which was found during the terrorist Syed Farook who committed a serious attack in San Bernardino last December. Meanwhile work the US federal police more than two months because overturn the encryption of smartphones. A US judge requires Apple now three measures, the only explicitly refer to this iPhone.
US judge asks three concrete actions by Apple
Apple should therefore disable the auto erase function, which engages in repeated false entry of passwords and deletes the contents of the device. And regardless of whether this feature is activated at all. Since the FBI still no password entries have made, is not known whether this security setting would apply. Next the FBI demand the ability to enter passwords for testing purposes. If a passcode is entered multiple times consecutively wrong, also intervenes mechanism that allows future entries only somewhat later - also this security protection to disable the iPhone maker.
iPhone 5c apparently unclear with iOS 9, encryption method
The operating system on the iPhone 5c, the latest version iOS is already 9 installed. With iOS 9 Apple led known to be a possibility, even to forgive six-digit passwords. It is unclear what specific protection the owner chose this explicit case. If Apple as required by the FBI software available, the investigating authority may try using the brute force method to crack the password. A six-digit passcode, which consists only of numbers can be cracked within 22 hours. This was confirmed by Matthew Green, a professor of cryptography, to the Washington Post. A very secure password with numbers, letters and special characters could in the worst case the brute-force attacks withstand even ten years.
Apple is criticized to complicate the work of investigative authorities unnecessarily for years. CEO Tim Cook again repeated mantra for years that Apple devices are not decipherable. Finally, US companies waive security reasons to such a device. Whether Apple is willing and able to include a backdoor for the FBI in this particular case, appears in this context more than doubtful.
The iPhone is obviously so securely encrypted, that even the FBI does not come to the contents of your device easily. The reports the Washington Post. Specifically, this involves an iPhone 5c, which was found during the terrorist Syed Farook who committed a serious attack in San Bernardino last December. Meanwhile work the US federal police more than two months because overturn the encryption of smartphones. A US judge requires Apple now three measures, the only explicitly refer to this iPhone.
US judge asks three concrete actions by Apple
Apple should therefore disable the auto erase function, which engages in repeated false entry of passwords and deletes the contents of the device. And regardless of whether this feature is activated at all. Since the FBI still no password entries have made, is not known whether this security setting would apply. Next the FBI demand the ability to enter passwords for testing purposes. If a passcode is entered multiple times consecutively wrong, also intervenes mechanism that allows future entries only somewhat later - also this security protection to disable the iPhone maker.
iPhone 5c apparently unclear with iOS 9, encryption method
The operating system on the iPhone 5c, the latest version iOS is already 9 installed. With iOS 9 Apple led known to be a possibility, even to forgive six-digit passwords. It is unclear what specific protection the owner chose this explicit case. If Apple as required by the FBI software available, the investigating authority may try using the brute force method to crack the password. A six-digit passcode, which consists only of numbers can be cracked within 22 hours. This was confirmed by Matthew Green, a professor of cryptography, to the Washington Post. A very secure password with numbers, letters and special characters could in the worst case the brute-force attacks withstand even ten years.
Apple is criticized to complicate the work of investigative authorities unnecessarily for years. CEO Tim Cook again repeated mantra for years that Apple devices are not decipherable. Finally, US companies waive security reasons to such a device. Whether Apple is willing and able to include a backdoor for the FBI in this particular case, appears in this context more than doubtful.
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