@yokonzo to [email protected]English • 4 months agoHow did the FBI access the trump rally shooters phone?www.xda-developers.commessage-square19arrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkHow did the FBI access the trump rally shooters phone?www.xda-developers.com@yokonzo to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square19
minus-square@WhyFliplinkEnglish22•4 months agoI worked for a private company in computer forensics. We had two machines, expensive machines, dedicated to accessing phones. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess the FBI has something similar, if not better, at their disposal.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•4 months agoWere the machines always successful? If not, how often did they fail and why? Was there a difference between Android or iPhones?
minus-square@WhyFliplinkEnglish11•4 months agoShort of the device being damaged, they were successful 100% of the time. No difference between manufacturers and platforms.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agohttps://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/12848-claims-made-by-forensics-companies-their-capabilities-and-how-grapheneos-fares Basically all phone, iphone and Android This is an arms race, at the moment the crackers are in the lead.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoThere is probably some kind of backdoor into devices utilizing a recovery or diagnostic mode. Either that or AES has been broken for many years now
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoIt’s probably some set of zero days they’re sitting on.
I worked for a private company in computer forensics. We had two machines, expensive machines, dedicated to accessing phones. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess the FBI has something similar, if not better, at their disposal.
Were the machines always successful? If not, how often did they fail and why? Was there a difference between Android or iPhones?
Short of the device being damaged, they were successful 100% of the time. No difference between manufacturers and platforms.
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/12848-claims-made-by-forensics-companies-their-capabilities-and-how-grapheneos-fares
Basically all phone, iphone and Android
This is an arms race, at the moment the crackers are in the lead.
There is probably some kind of backdoor into devices utilizing a recovery or diagnostic mode. Either that or AES has been broken for many years now
It’s probably some set of zero days they’re sitting on.
Celebrite gets mentioned