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Re:FBI Child ID App by bbarnett on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @09:53AM (#32000900)
And how does one do packet inspection:

* if packets are only sent via carrier, not wifi

* if packets are sent to aws instances, which is very common

* if it all stops when phone is rooted, which is common for many apps

Re:FBI Child ID App by gzer0 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:53AM (#32001890)
* deep packet inspection of carrier based communications is a thing [1].

* Gov't is mandated to use AWS Gov instances which are quite easy to distinguish [2].

* there are ways to bypass those rootchecks to make a rooted phone seem not rooted [3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_packet_inspection#United_...

[2] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-govcloud-earns-dod...

[3] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68661134/root-detection-...

Re:FBI Child ID App by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @01:29PM (#32004108)
> Gov't is mandated to use AWS Gov instances which are quite easy to distinguish

That's not, in fact, true. The certifications that apply to AWS Gov make it easier to meet certain government compliance rules that apply to certain categories of data, but it is possible to meet the standards on a platform that isn't certified or certified to a lower level (but it means more administrative work for the org using the platform) and many Commercial AWS offerings have FedRAMP certifications, anyhow. I work in an org touched by FedRAMP, and which is almost entirely on AWS commercial, not Gov.

Re:FBI Child ID App by samatman on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @01:21PM (#32004005)
Consider that AWS Gov can offer a service disguising instances as ordinary.

Consider that they wouldn't have to tell us, indeed, might face criminal penalties for disclosing it.

Conclusion: the FBI can do this.