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Comment by michaellosee

>(iOS 8) virtually eliminates the possibility that the encrypted data can be unlocked without the passcode.

I am not the first to point out that it is stupidly easy to bruteforce passcodes that are based on digits (like many phone passcodes are). The FBI lamenting unbreakable phone encryption and the accompanying media buzz borders on farcical and is disingenuous given that there is still a backdoor on the iPhone[1] on port 62078. Am I missing anything?

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8057470

parent michaellosee 12 years ago

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