[Cryptography] iPhone hardware attacks

Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com
Wed Mar 2 16:49:32 EST 2016


On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:41:17 -0500 Phillip Hallam-Baker
<phill at hallambaker.com> wrote:
> On the broader question, I think part of the issue is what the
> probability of success is. The software route is pretty much 100%
> guaranteed to work. I don't think you can say that for decapping. A
> bit too much acid, a slip of the hand, light erasing the stored
> data... Lots of opportunities for a slip twix cup and mouth.

You get to practice as often as you like, though. If a capability
proves important, you can do test runs as often as you need to raise
your probability of success to a high enough level for your
requirements.

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Perry E. Metzger		perry at piermont.com


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