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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by CydeWeys on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @06:51PM (#17307687)
The technical aspects aren't the problem. The political and social aspects are.

What does Apple do if they have this capability and China puts pressure on them to unencrypt some information on Chinese "dissidents"? China has incredible leverage over Apple, seeing as how all their devices are built there. Would Apple dare resist these requests from Chinese national law enforcement agencies?

Better to not have this ability at all, and thus never be put into this precarious situation.

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by wallace_f on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:16PM (#17307852)
Interesting that you looked to China foran example of a bad outcome. Ordinary police here in the states already misuse the privileged access they've been given, such as to supposedly private personal details to stalk romantic interests, personal enemies, business competitors, etc.[1]

1-https://apnews.com/699236946e3140659fff8a2362e16f43/ap-acros...

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @10:46PM (#17308869)
> Better to not have this ability at all, and thus never be put into this precarious situation.

Apple has this ability now, by installing an OS that allows bruteforcing the pin.

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by dwaite on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:58AM (#17309626)
Apple cant do this passively/on demand, as upgrading the OS or Secure Enclave requires the user passcode. Of course the new OS/Secure Enclave firmware could remove this restriction, but generally these sorts of requests are reactionary
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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by Veedrac on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:20PM (#17307872)
> The technical aspects aren't the problem. The political and social aspects are.

With this I agree completely.

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Re:Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Cr... by rsyntax on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:44PM (#17308013)
Just to add. Looking at the current political state surrounding the Russian collusion investigation. It's not a stretch that Trump would not use this against his political enemies or "fake new media". And look at what his supporters have done with FBI agents that had an affair with private text messages. Trump isn't the first of his kind nor will s/he be the last.
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