Police believe Grayshift has a workaround for Apple’s new USB Restricted Mode

Re:Police believe Grayshift has a workaround for Apple’s new... by taakd on Thursday June 14, 2018 @07:59PM (#17316408)

Grayshift isn't law enforcement though, they're a private company that is creating DMCA violating products. Apple has every right to sue them, and hopefully recover some compensation for how they have sullied Apple's brand.

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Re:Police believe Grayshift has a workaround for Apple’s new... by joshka on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:50PM (#17316918)

As much as I hate the DMCA, I think this is the perfect suit with only upside:

1. Apple loses. DMCA is weakened for legitimate security research. Yay

2. Apple wins. My security in my person and belongings is strengthened against unlawful interference. Yay

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Re:Police believe Grayshift has a workaround for Apple’s new... by cynix on Thursday June 14, 2018 @11:42PM (#17317399)

Wouldn't scenario 2 potentially strengthen DMCA and make it more difficult to do legitimate security research in the future? That's quite a big downside.

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Re:Police believe Grayshift has a workaround for Apple’s new... by joshka on Friday June 15, 2018 @03:29AM (#17318107)

Yes, but the obvious bounce back would be amendments called for by police to the law. Which puts us back in scenario 1

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Re:Police believe Grayshift has a workaround for Apple’s new... by goalieca on Friday June 15, 2018 @10:26PM (#17325455)

3. The world is a big place and flaws are exposed in other countries.

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