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Re:San Bernardino County tweets it reset attacker iCloud pas... by darylteo on Saturday February 20, 2016 @10:08PM (#11143110)
Should note that John McAfee is offering to "break the encryption" of the data within 3 weeks of commencement using "social engineering".

His intentions: good. His success probability: unlikely (unless they have knowledge of how the encryption key is built from the passcode)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-b...

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Re:San Bernardino County tweets it reset attacker iCloud pas... by jessaustin on Sunday February 21, 2016 @10:06AM (#11144747)
Social engineering?

"Mr. Cook, it's John McAfee on line three, again. He says, quote, 'pretty pretty please.'"

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