I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by leereeves on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:40AM (#13454593)

> I think the latest iphones are safe enough.

Not sure about that. After Apple refused to help, the FBI claims to have hacked that iPhone anyway, with a tool developed outside the government.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by laingc on Sunday January 22, 2017 @06:09AM (#13454685)

It was an iPhone 5c. No Secure Enclave.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by yardie on Sunday January 22, 2017 @07:13AM (#13454850)

BTW, what was the result of that? They paid hackers a ton of money to unlock old firmware, iOS 8.0, on an old phone, 5C.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by tomasf on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:48AM (#13454623)

Yeah, but that's an iPhone 5C, which is three generations old.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by perryprog on Sunday January 22, 2017 @08:24AM (#13455083)

This was also a phone from a terrorist.

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Re:I Had My Electronics Seized by U.S. Customs and Border Pr... by steffan on Sunday January 22, 2017 @03:12PM (#13457130)

> This was also a phone from a terrorist.

I think the downvoted parent is relevant in that they mightn't make the effort for a 'normal' person.

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