I don't really care whether or not the FBI bought this device or another. What I want to know is what's Apple's response to all of this?
iOS11 seems to have almost purposeful security weakenesses. I'm willing to give Apple the benefit of the doubt here, but only if they fix whatever flaws these guys and Cellebrite are using to break into iOS11 iPhones.
Both those decryption devices seem to rely on iOS11 so it must a new change, which means it shouldn't be too hard for Apple to figure out which one of its recent changes caused this weakness in security.
I'm fine with the FBI going about the letter of the law with a warrant to obtain evidence.
I'm also fine with Apple hardening their devices against such attacks, eventually the "GrayKey" technology will become commodity and we'll need to protect our information from casual thieves.
However, I take a strong stance against mass surveillance and obtaining (any/all, including metadata) information without due process. This includes getting pulled over and having police search my phone, or as a US citizen, re-entering my country and having my phone searched.
> iOS11 seems to have almost purposeful security weaknesses
Can you expand on this?
> Both those decryption devices seem to rely on iOS11
Why do you say this? The article says
> based on GrayKey marketing material, that the tool can unlock even the iPhone X, Apple’s most recent phone, as well as devices running iOS 11, the latest Apple mobile operating system.
iOS11 seems to have almost purposeful security weakenesses. I'm willing to give Apple the benefit of the doubt here, but only if they fix whatever flaws these guys and Cellebrite are using to break into iOS11 iPhones.
Both those decryption devices seem to rely on iOS11 so it must a new change, which means it shouldn't be too hard for Apple to figure out which one of its recent changes caused this weakness in security.