Re:Cellebrite claims it can unlock any iPhone, many new Andr...
by equdi on Sunday June 16, 2019 @07:34AM
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You are only forced to enter your passphrase when you turn on the mobile and once every X days. The rest of the time you can use your fingerprint to unlock the mobile. Seems like a good compromise.
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Re:Cellebrite claims it can unlock any iPhone, many new Andr...
by grumdan on Sunday June 16, 2019 @07:44AM
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True, except that fingerprint sensors can often be fooled and you cannot change your fingerprint once it becomes "compromised". For instance, anyone who ever visited the US, at least as a non-citizen, will have given their fingerprints to CBP.
I think this only works for an attacker model that excludes reasonably sophisticated attackers. I expect this to thwart pickpockets or muggers, but not the police or anyone more sophisticated than that.