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Re: unlock a phone

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> > > > > > Even if the Justice Department loses its legal showdown with Apple Inc.
> > > > > > over access to a killer’s iPhone, the government might still be able to
> > > > > > extract the data locked away inside it, computer-security experts say.
> > > > > > But it would be risky, expensive and time-consuming.
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> > > > > > Those experts say officials could try to physically crack open the A6
> > > > > > microprocessor inside the phone of Syed Rizwan Farook, targeting the
> > > > > > portion of the chip that holds the user ID, or UID, key. With the key,
> > > > > > officials could move the iPhone’s scrambled data to another computer and
> > > > > > quickly unlock it.
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> > > > > If agents were able to obtain it by probing the chip, however, they
> > > > > would then only need to guess Mr. Farook’s passcode, free of the
> > > > > limitations that have so far prevented them from accessing the phone.
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> > > > > The most likely method to extract the key, the experts said, would be by
> > > > > using a focused ion beam—essentially a very precise atomic saw that can
> > > > > cut through the chip’s outer structures to expose the 1s and 0s stored
> > > > > in the chip.
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> > > > http://www.wsj.com/articles/chip-hacking-might-help-fbi-unlock-iphones-1457050959
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> > > > work the problem.
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> > > of course, this is just an old old hack, like making a copy of the file and crack it on your own time.
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> > if you can get a monkey to type the whole collection of Shakespeare...a
> > monkey can unlock an iPhone in his garage.
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> > All the FBI has to do is buy a garage..
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> http://fortune.com/2016/03/15/google-doubled-reward-hack-chromebook/
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> I guess the FBI won't be trying it...


FBI Paid More Than $1M to Hack San Bernardino iPhone
http://www.wsj.com/articles/comey-fbi-paid-more-than-1-million-to-hack-san-bernardino-iphone-1461266641


what does FBI stand for? Forever Bothering IPhones.


where does the fbi get a million dollars from?

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Re: unlock a phone The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-21 16:46 -0700

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