[Cryptography] [cryptography] USG moves to vacate hearing tomorrow due to possible method to unlock iPhone

[Tom Mitchell]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Thierry Moreau <
thierry.moreau at connotech.com> wrote:

> On 21/03/16 10:48 PM, John Young wrote:
>
>> USG moves to vacate hearing tomorrow due to possible method to unlock
>> iPhone
>>
>> https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-apple-191.pdf
>>
>
> If the USG preferred no ruling on the arguments presented, they would not
> behave differently.
>
> If the FBI needed a good forensic tool created for them more than they
> need the data on this specific iPhone (as I initially guessed), the risk of
> a bad ruling for them would be a major step back in their creative
> procurement of forensic tools. Hence the USG would prefer no ruling.
>

Even if the testing proves unreliable it is apparently a bug that Apple
should demand disclosure to Apple.


Hot off the press is another Apple iPhone update with a feature but I see
no warts here.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222





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