Path: csiph.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:45:00 -0500 Message-ID: <5719664A.30BC@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:46:18 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.2600,rec.arts.sf.written,alt.astronomy,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: unlock a phone References: <56D088CF.6970@ix.netcom.com> <56D13D4C.AD@ix.netcom.com> <56D494F2.30C5@ix.netcom.com> <56D9E192.41AB@ix.netcom.com> <56D9E1E6.3C3A@ix.netcom.com> <56D9E233.4689@ix.netcom.com> <56DA0ECA.66F7@ix.netcom.com> <56E457FA.6350@ix.netcom.com> <56E86514.2DAB@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 56 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-FSLqaANipDGbExb/QRgpIdv0eLX/h/8L9cwr2lKM7Rjcg1J9Wfxh+kGg/vtaabD17nXVk6W1cnp65pG!L7Cd84nxPaeJIuDuKTgwUTTc0vKRcxBLE7dWaoMGClDEtp15mGo6gcNsOb0/VSN+HSHg3Cz0VM8r!gUgiPNDBEXU= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3615 X-Received-Bytes: 3727 X-Received-Body-CRC: 364416835 Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:438453 alt.astronomy:284261 sci.physics:572243 sci.physics.relativity:382072 The Starmaker wrote: > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > http://www.wsj.com/articles/chip-hacking-might-help-fbi-unlock-iphones-1457050959 > > > > > > > > work the problem. > > > > > > of course, this is just an old old hack, like making a copy of the file and crack it on your own time. > > > > if you can get a monkey to type the whole collection of Shakespeare...a > > monkey can unlock an iPhone in his garage. > > > > All the FBI has to do is buy a garage.. > > http://fortune.com/2016/03/15/google-doubled-reward-hack-chromebook/ > > 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?