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Re:A Message to Our Customers by flockonus on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @09:16AM (#11117949)
That doesn't sound all correct. Assuming the phone holds an encryption key that can read/write local data, a software update could simply command it to decrypt all data and save it as a copy.
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Re:A Message to Our Customers by snuxoll on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @11:35AM (#11119013)
A device containing an encryption key that's just protected by a software password check would be absolutely useless. Part or all of the encryption key (maybe even the IV) is derived from the phone passphrase, this is why you can't just pop the NVRAM off a phone and try to find the key.
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Re:A Message to Our Customers by zander312 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:55PM (#11121299)
yes this is very interesting!
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