BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 http://news.sky.com/story/1668534/fbi-cracks-san-bernardino-attackers-iphone This is quite an interesting story that I have been following. As most of us know the FBI have been trying to access encrypted data on one of the San Bernardino attackers iPhones. They requested that Apple assist them and Apple refused, the FBI has now found a 3rd party source to help them decrypt the iPhone Now the FBI doesn't need to ask Apple and the question is now " should the FBI reveal to Apple how they hacked the iPhone " For me I think Apple should have helped the FBI immediately when they made the initial request as state security events like this is more important to me than privacy So I support the FBI and there endeavors to access to the information on any device if required as part of an ongoing criminal investigation "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows EXACTLY what he's doing. Barack Obama is undertaking a systematic effort to change this country, to make America more like the rest of the world. That's why he passed Obamacare and the stimulus and Dodd-Frank and the deal with Iran. It is a systematic effort to change America. When I'm president of the United States, we are going to re-embrace all the things that made America the greatest nation in the world and we are going to leave our children with what they deserve: the single greatest nation in the history of the world. 4 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows EXACTLY what he's doing. Barack Obama is undertaking a systematic effort to change this country, to make America more like the rest of the world. That's why he passed Obamacare and the stimulus and Dodd-Frank and the deal with Iran. It is a systematic effort to change America. When I'm president of the United States, we are going to re-embrace all the things that made America the greatest nation in the world and we are going to leave our children with what they deserve: the single greatest nation in the history of the world. I'm not sure if you being serious...I would hope you are but somehow I think you being sarcastic? But the salient question about this topic is " does the FBI now share this backdoor with Apple " ? Because there is a valid point that says " no as Apple refused to help the FBI and why should the FBI tell Apple something that will diminish its information gathering capability " "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) It isn't really backdoor, if they didn't use feature made by Apple or feature that somebody infiltrated in Apple's code to bypass Apple's security features. But most likely this just shows that Apple's products security wasn't in level FBI let people believe and they just seek precedent that would give them ability to force companies to break their security features when ever FBI deems it to be necessary. Edited March 29, 2016 by Elerond 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I was shocked and embarrassed that our government didn't have this capability the entire time. smh. Kudos to whoever cracked it for them. 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 EVIL. 1 DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 I was shocked and embarrassed that our government didn't have this capability the entire time. smh. Kudos to whoever cracked it for them. Do you think the FBI should share with Apple how they did it? I don't think they should, I was watching an interview with an ex-FBI operative and he said the FBI won't reveal these details especially since he felt Apple had "sandbagged " the FBI and had refused to cooperate "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I was shocked and embarrassed that our government didn't have this capability the entire time. smh. Kudos to whoever cracked it for them. Do you think the FBI should share with Apple how they did it? I don't think they should, I was watching an interview with an ex-FBI operative and he said the FBI won't reveal these details especially since he felt Apple had "sandbagged " the FBI and had refused to cooperate So FBI found vulnerability in security measures of device that is used by tens of million people but they don't want those to be fixed because they think Apple was not nice enough with them. Sounds like they really want to protect public from the criminals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Do you think the FBI should share with Apple how they did it? Hells no. Apple can go pound sand. So FBI found vulnerability in security measures of device that is used by tens of million people but they don't want those to be fixed because they think Apple was not nice enough with them. Sounds like they really want to protect public from the criminals Paranoia is sexier, but alternatively, the FBI needs that capability and doesn't want Apple to patch it out. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 I was shocked and embarrassed that our government didn't have this capability the entire time. smh. Kudos to whoever cracked it for them. Do you think the FBI should share with Apple how they did it? I don't think they should, I was watching an interview with an ex-FBI operative and he said the FBI won't reveal these details especially since he felt Apple had "sandbagged " the FBI and had refused to cooperate So FBI found vulnerability in security measures of device that is used by tens of million people but they don't want those to be fixed because they think Apple was not nice enough with them. Sounds like they really want to protect public from the criminals It may sound unreasonable but the FBI normally doesn't reveal to the general public how they gather information. So even though it may be seem selfish and narrow minded the fact they wont tell Apple how they did it has more to do with there general security policy than this one example "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 the FBI needs that capability and doesn't want Apple to patch it out. Yes, I agree Its about the capability of the FBI to gather information...they should not share these types of strategies considering the degree of cyber warfare that is ongoing against the USA and the West generally "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows EXACTLY what he's doing. Barack Obama is undertaking a systematic effort to change this country, to make America more like the rest of the world. That's why he passed Obamacare and the stimulus and Dodd-Frank and the deal with Iran. It is a systematic effort to change America. When I'm president of the United States, we are going to re-embrace all the things that made America the greatest nation in the world and we are going to leave our children with what they deserve: the single greatest nation in the history of the world. This sounds great KP. You have taken the first step to getting my vote: You have admitted we have a problem and identified what the problem is. Now you need to explain to me what YOU think made the US the greatest nation and what you'd do to bring that back. THEN I'll vote for you. I'd say the same thing to Trump if he were around too. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) So FBI found vulnerability in security measures of device that is used by tens of million people but they don't want those to be fixed because they think Apple was not nice enough with them. Sounds like they really want to protect public from the criminals Paranoia is sexier, but alternatively, the FBI needs that capability and doesn't want Apple to patch it out. But that isn't reason that FBI give why they don't give information to Apple (according to BruceVC)., but something that sounds just pure pettiness. In reality not telling what was the vulnerability that security company in Israel found out don't prevent Apple to patch it out, it just gives said security company and companies like it ability to sell that information to parties that most likely don't have as pure motivations as FBI (or maybe they actually have purer motivations than FBI but not necessary motivations that are towards common good). Edited March 29, 2016 by Elerond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 In reality not telling what was the vulnerability that security company in Israel found out don't prevent Apple to patch it out... How do they patch what they don't know? Or are you saying that Apple has been aware of this vulnerability the whole time and just never bothered patching it out? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) In reality not telling what was the vulnerability that security company in Israel found out don't prevent Apple to patch it out... How do they patch what they don't know? Or are you saying that Apple has been aware of this vulnerability the whole time and just never bothered patching it out? Company that has over 50 billion dollars cash in their bank account can buy that security company (and with it they also gain information about said vulnerability) if they can find said vulnerability in any other way Edited March 29, 2016 by Elerond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 So, yes they knew? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 In reality not telling what was the vulnerability that security company in Israel found out don't prevent Apple to patch it out... How do they patch what they don't know? Or are you saying that Apple has been aware of this vulnerability the whole time and just never bothered patching it out? Company that has over 50 billion dollar cash in their bank account can buy that security company (and with it they also gain information about said vulnerability) if they can find said vulnerability in any other way No, Apple is not sure how the FBI found this information out They will do there investigations but it will be difficult if the FBI doesn't tell them how especially since the FBI has the actual device Also Elerond this is not about money...not at all There are people who do support the FBI and believe what Apple did was wrong, these people would also work in the software security industry and would happily help the FBI crack the Apple device because they believe this is an issue of state security...and they wouldn't be interested in selling there technology to Apple or helping Apple undermine the FBI They aren't motivated by money but follow a greater calling...the security of the USA "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 So, yes they knew? I would guess that Apple works like MS and patch things only when they become public knowledge, because they don't really care about security of their customers they just want look that they care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 So, yes they knew? I would guess that Apple works like MS and patch things only when they become public knowledge, because they don't really care about security of their customers they just want look that they care. Thats also not true, I use to work at Microsoft and I can promise you Microsoft does care about security and creating patches to fix security holes in there products If there software gets hacked it undermines the credibility of there products and thats something no software company wants "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 In reality not telling what was the vulnerability that security company in Israel found out don't prevent Apple to patch it out... How do they patch what they don't know? Or are you saying that Apple has been aware of this vulnerability the whole time and just never bothered patching it out? Company that has over 50 billion dollar cash in their bank account can buy that security company (and with it they also gain information about said vulnerability) if they can find said vulnerability in any other way No, Apple is not sure how the FBI found this information out They will do there investigations but it will be difficult if the FBI doesn't tell them how especially since the FBI has the actual device Also Elerond this is not about money...not at all There are people who do support the FBI and believe what Apple did was wrong, these people would also work in the software security industry and would happily help the FBI crack the Apple device because they believe this is an issue of state security...and they wouldn't be interested in selling there technology to Apple or helping Apple undermine the FBI They aren't motivated by money but follow a greater calling...the security of the USA Our tech news reports all say that it was security company from Israel, that FBI contracted to hack the phone. Also lots of technology, software, law and USA analysts believe that there was bigger game behind all of this where FBI tried to use public support from terrorist strike to get precedent that would allow them to force tech companies to break their own security systems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elerond Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) So, yes they knew? I would guess that Apple works like MS and patch things only when they become public knowledge, because they don't really care about security of their customers they just want look that they care. Thats also not true, I use to work at Microsoft and I can promise you Microsoft does care about security and creating patches to fix security holes in there products If there software gets hacked it undermines the credibility of there products and thats something no software company wants I used to work them also and I can promise they don't care EDIT: Not give so negative picture. Operating systems and computers themselves are so complex and continuously evolving things that even after 14 years of patching there will be security vulnerabilities in them more than anybody can patch. So companies usually focus only to patch those things that become public knowledge as they have highest change to cause damage. But vulnerabilities that need extensive patching and are deemed to be difficult to exploit are often left without patch for long time in sometimes company may have know of some vulnerability for several years and they have not done anything to patch it, because its determined to be waste of money. Edited March 29, 2016 by Elerond 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 If every cloud has a silver lining, one take away that should make you guys happy is that an outside source had to be used to crack the phone. Everyone who was soiling themselves over the NSA and "mass public surveillance" can relax. Our gov cant even crack a phone. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 In reality not telling what was the vulnerability that security company in Israel found out don't prevent Apple to patch it out... How do they patch what they don't know? Or are you saying that Apple has been aware of this vulnerability the whole time and just never bothered patching it out? Company that has over 50 billion dollar cash in their bank account can buy that security company (and with it they also gain information about said vulnerability) if they can find said vulnerability in any other way No, Apple is not sure how the FBI found this information out They will do there investigations but it will be difficult if the FBI doesn't tell them how especially since the FBI has the actual device Also Elerond this is not about money...not at all There are people who do support the FBI and believe what Apple did was wrong, these people would also work in the software security industry and would happily help the FBI crack the Apple device because they believe this is an issue of state security...and they wouldn't be interested in selling there technology to Apple or helping Apple undermine the FBI They aren't motivated by money but follow a greater calling...the security of the USA Our tech news reports all say that it was security company from Israel, that FBI contracted to hack the phone. Also lots of technology, software, law and USA analysts believe that there was bigger game behind all of this where FBI tried to use public support from terrorist strike to get precedent that would allow them to force tech companies to break their own security systems. Israelis...interesting. I can believe that as the Israelis have some of the most experienced hackers in the world and some Israeli hackers are state sponsored I heard that story about the FBI trying to get access to all devices through public fear...I find it hard to believe. What would be the purpose of this ...seriously? To keep the Democrats in power...to ensure a new USA political order could come to power, to usher in a new reign of mankind ? That theory starts to sound like a conspiracy theory IMO "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktchong Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Supposedly Apple wants the government to reveal how the iPhone was hacked, so Apple can improve the security of iPhone. **** Apple. Apple previously refused to help the government to hack the iPhone, and now that the table has turned, Apple wants the government to help Apple and tell Apple how the government was able to hack the iPhone? Really?!? Let me say it again: **** APPLE. Imagine you had an associate, and you asked him to help you with a problem. And he told you, "no, can't do." But you finally solved the problem yourself on your own. Now he asks for you help. What should you do? This is what you should tell him: "**** OFF." Edited March 29, 2016 by ktchong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Supposedly Apple wants the government to reveal how the iPhone was hacked, so Apple can improve the security of iPhone. **** Apple. Apple previously refused to help the government to hack the iPhone, and now that the table has turned, Apple wants the government to help Apple and tell Apple how the government was able to hack the iPhone? Really?!? Let me say it again: **** APPLE. Yes Apple in my view did display arrogance, intransigence and was unhelpful towards the FBI ...and now they want the FBI to give them what they wouldn't give the FBI It doesn't seem reasonable ? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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