Re:The FBI could have broken into San Bernadino shooter's ph...
by IAmEveryone on Thursday April 05, 2018 @01:40PM
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I completely agree that backdoors are a terrible invasion of privacy, that law enforcement gained absolutely nothing in this case, and that Apple should be lauded for their bold opposition to these requests.
I'm merely attacking the specific line of argumentation the EFF is using. I consider it both intellectually shoddy and bound to be counter-productive.
(Unfortunately, HN doesn't appear to understand such nuances.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-ninety_rule
BUT, IMHO another needed consideration should be about what was (reasonably) expected to be found on the device, and since - one way or the other it was unlocked - what was actually found on the device.
My personal guess is nothing-nothing, some of the often forgotten news about the specific case:
[1] The AppleID was changed after the phone was already in Government custody, thus self-sabotizing some possible recovery ways
[2] The couple went into an extensive and thoroughful destruction of all the other electronic devices, exception made for the (county issued, i.e. "work only") iPhone
[3] An actual statement by an investigator saying that most probably the phone contents (if any) were useless
[4] The DA mentioned a mysterious "lying dormant cyber pathogen" among the reasons why it was vital to obtain access to the iPhone
[1] https://www.wired.com/2016/02/apple-says-the-government-bung...?
[2] http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-must-help-hack-san-ber...
[3] https://theintercept.com/2016/02/26/farooks-iphone-is-probab...
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/san-berna...