Apple CEO Tim Cook, February 2016Īs we wrote back in March 2016: “Encryption is either on or off. And so, if we limit it in some way, the people that we’ll hurt are the good people, not the bad people they will find it anyway. government sponsors and funs encryption in many cases. Encryption is readily available in every country in the world, as a matter of fact, the U.S. If we take encryption away… the only people that would be affected are the good people, not the bad people. This is about civil liberties and is about people’s abilities to protect themselves. And so I do see it as a precedent that should not be done in this country or in any country. But the reality is if you put a back door in, that back door’s for everybody, for good guys and bad guys.

There have been people that suggest that we should have a back door. Obviously, the very existence of this MalwareBytes report proves the folly of “backdoors” that are only for the good guys. MacDailyNews Take: Needless to say, if they haven’t already, Apple should get their hands on these boxes and patch whatever security hole(s) the boxes are exploiting. Read more, and see the photos (hint: it’s a gray box), in the full article here. “The $30,000 option will not require an internet connection and will allow unlimited attempts on unlimited devices, presumably until the security hole is patched.” “It comes in two options: $15,000 and $30,000, with the former will requiring an internet connection and will geofence to that location, meaning it will not work outside of the original network,” Cao reports. “It can take anywhere between 2 hours and 3 days depending on the length and complexity of the passcode.” “The site says GrayKey is a device used in-house at local law enforcement labs and offices, vastly different than Cellebrite, the company behind the unlocking of the iPhone 5c in the San Bernardino case,” Cao reports. However, MalwareBytes has been able to get their hands on some photos of the device, and notes that the ‘website is protected by a portal that screens for law enforcement affiliation.'” “Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company employs less than 50 employees, and up until this point it was unknown whether ‘GrayKey’ was a service or product. “In 2017, a company by the name of ‘Grayshift’ created a device called ‘GrayKey’ that successfully unlocked iPhones without knowing the passcode,” Peter Cao reports for 9to5Mac.

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