Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns
by ozim on Saturday March 17, 2018 @07:13AM
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What is real security? Is it absolute security?
Are you willing to pay $500k for a phone? Is there a vendor who is willing to put R&D investment of $20mil so you can buy one? How much more phones they would sell? If you would be Ed Snowden would you even trust that company?
Are you going to buy a safe to keep family photos in it?
What does it even mean for you to have absolutely secure phone if you are going to be hit by a bus tomorrow?
Re:GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns
by 0culus on Saturday March 17, 2018 @11:39AM
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Yes it is, and has been done. Subject to [edit: a] security policy (NOT defined by implementation) and a meaningful statement of threat (what are you protecting against?)
This paper might prove to be an enlightening read: http://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/7/2/23
Sometimes I wonder if real security is really and theoretically possible, or if it's just engineers who never manage to achieve it because designers want things to be usable for consumers.
What ever happens it doesn't seem really secure, consumer oriented device do exist. I wonder if there are android devices who do a good job at that, and what's the status of the security of android device in general, I would guess it's not better.