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Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns by jsizzle on Friday March 16, 2018 @10:06PM (#16605246)
Is it just me or does the price point seem extremely low? They have a device that should be in high demand globally, and maybe one competitor. And they are charging 15-30k, for basically unlimited usage?? You can't tell me federal law enforcement wouldn't pay at minimum ten times that amount for metered usage...
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Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns by ashman5 on Friday March 16, 2018 @10:44PM (#16605348)
I bet they realize the lifespan of this device is very short and are trying to maximize ROI short-term.
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Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns by lostapathy on Saturday March 17, 2018 @12:20AM (#16605593)
That was my thought as well - but on the flip side, by dealing in quantity they are a lot more likely to have one leak and be reverse engineered, and thus have Apple render them all useless.

It's certainly an interesting problem of profit maximization!

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Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns by SlowRobotAhead on Saturday March 17, 2018 @01:01AM (#16605667)
Unless the vulnerability is in the CPU/DMA/whatever and not easily patched. Everyone assumes that Apple has no idea what it is, maybe they are keenly aware and it’s just not fixable.
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Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns by djsumdog on Saturday March 17, 2018 @03:06AM (#16605912)
True. If Apple or a security firm get a hold of one of these devices, surely they'd be able to reverse engineer it and patch the vulnerabilities.
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Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns by Mtinie on Friday March 16, 2018 @10:48PM (#16605359)
That was my thought, too. Other than this report, has there been verifiable evidence the device even works?

The photo stagings remind me of ones I’d use on a pre-release marketing site for a vapor-ware product to test demand and a price point.

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Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns by ErikHuisman on Saturday March 17, 2018 @11:53AM (#16607488)
same principle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXglwbyMydM
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