[Discuss] Encrypt Everything? Good Luck With That

[Joe Polcari]

That's great if you've already degraded your security by having Siri listen
all the time.
If you haven't already compromised your own security, this won't work.

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IngeGNUe
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [Discuss] Encrypt Everything? Good Luck With That

On 03/28/16 20:14, Rich Pieri wrote:
> An important bit of news came down a few hours ago. It reminded me 
> that I've harped on a couple of security points on this list over the
years.
> 
> One: physical security is paramount.
> 
> Two: encryption is not a substitute for physical security.
> 
> Apple's allegedly unbreakable iPhone security, what stymied the FBI 
> for months, was broken in a matter of days once someone figured out a 
> viable
> attack:
> 
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/feds-break-through-seized-i
> phone-stand-down-in-legal-battle-with-apple/
> 

Agreed. LOL I remember watching a YouTube video explaining how to bypass the
iPhone's passcode. They took Apple to court over the screen lock?!

>The iOS 9 phone was encrypted with a four-digit passcode, and 
>investigators were afraid that if they enter the wrong passcode 10 
>times, it would auto-delete all the data on the phone. The initial 
>order would have forced Apple to create a customized version of iOS 
>that would disable this lockout feature, enabling the government to 
>brute force passcodes until it could get in.

They could have Google'd/Ducked/Searx'd it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTFEtcKSkc
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=get+around+the+iphone+passcode

Quantum computers are coming too, which would break all the locks ever
-- as far as I understand. Encryption is literally an arms race of "brute
force" computing power against mathematical obstacles, and protection
against attacks is limited by access to said computing power and access to,
as you say, physical security. Stronger shields, better weapons to break the
shields, stronger shields, better... In the end, the little people will be
left with the least protection of both kinds because they are always falling
behind. Warning: Thinking about it too much will induce burn-out. :/
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