DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It 454
zacharye writes "In the five years since Apple launched the iPhone, the popular device has gone from a malicious hacker's dream to law enforcement's worst nightmare. As recounted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review blog, a Justice Department official recently took the stage at the DFRWS computer forensics conference in Washington, D.C. and told attendees that the beefed up security in iOS is now so good that it has become a nightmare for law enforcement."
Government Computer Skillz (Score:5, Funny)
I've never been too impressed with government agencies and their knowledge of computing.
Welcome to my Nightmare (Score:5, Funny)
Gee. The government can't spy on you using your own hardware?
This is truly frightening.
Obligatory tinfoil-hat quote (Score:5, Funny)
Well, yes, that's what they'd like you to believe, isn't it?
Re:I don't believe it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's BS. I can tell you how to crack iphone. (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, totally. I hacked a Gibson with side channel "emmisions" once. I used a Pac-man virus.
Nicely done, but lacking in subtlety. (Score:5, Funny)
I look forward to Ovie Carroll's next few breathless announcements:
"Hooh, boy, that YouTube is soooo secure, a person could sign up for an account using their real name and home address, then post videos of them committing crimes online and law enforcement would never ever be able to track them! Honest!"
"You know where the safest place to hide stuff is? Underneath the welcome mat at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington, DC. Really! We did a study and figured out that once that mat is pushed down on top of something, whether it's drugs, cash or big file folders full of industrial secrets, there's NO way that any one can get into it."
"My biggest nightmare is someone committing a crime, then emailing a detailed confession to ovie.carroll@usdoj.gov. Once something gets into those email tubes it's IMPOSSIBLE to get it back out and figure out what happened. Really. You can trust me. I'm with the government."
Re:sounds like a challenge (Score:5, Funny)
Easy (Score:5, Funny)
DOJ Says iPhone Is So Secure They Can't Crack It
I dropped mine off the balcony to the pavement below. It seems that it is very easy to crack an iPhone.
Can't crack an iPhone... (Score:2, Funny)
Now that's funny. I can shatter mine.
Re:That's Odd (Score:4, Funny)
I thought all you had to do was use a little social engineering and you can do what you want with the data. /ducks
Worked for Tasha Yar, anyhow.
And also, they said they weren't lying. (Score:4, Funny)
So we know it's true.
Re:Easy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't believe it (Score:0, Funny)
Sorry, but if you purchased any Apple devices retail and paid the Apple premium, you were not only penetrated in your back-door, but they didn't even use lube.
Re:TWO WORDS (Score:5, Funny)
I wish I could anything I wanted in broad daylight.
College would be so much more fun.
Re:TWO WORDS (Score:4, Funny)
It's misdirection to misdirect you from the misdirected misdirect, and time passes more slowly at each level of misdirection until you spend a lifetime misdirected into Limbo! THAT'S WHEN THEY GET YOU! #theyareouttogetyou