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iPhone encryption cracked in two minutes
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:25:55 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com> Date: July 26, 2009 8:12:54 AM EDTTo: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>, David Farber <dave () farber net >, johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com
Subject: iPhone encryption cracked in two minutes<http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/24/2218201/iPhone-3Gs-Encryption-Cracked-In-Two-Minutes >
"In a Wired news article, iPhone Forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski explains how the much-touted hardware encryption of the iPhone 3Gs is but a farce, and demonstrates how both the passcode and backup encryption can be bypassed in about two minutes. Zdziarski also goes on to say that all data on the iPhone - including deleted data - is automatically decrypted by the iPhone when it's copied, allowing hackers and law enforcement agencies alike [to] access the device's raw disk as if no encryption were present. A second demonstration features the recovery of the iPhone's entire disk while the device is still passcode-locked. According to a similar article in Ars Technica, Zdziarski describes the iPhone's hardware encryption by saying it's 'like putting privacy glass on half your shower door.' With the iPhone being sold into 20% of Fortune-100s and into the military, just how worried should we be with such shoddy security?" [[Also seen on /. ]] --The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be against the privileges of the underprivileged. H. L. Mencken
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