Coss Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 iOS 8 Security Laughs at Search Warrants - http://www.tapscape....earch-warrants/ ronaldcarlson | On 18, Sep 2014 Apple has upped the digital privacy ante by taking itself out of game. How’s that? If the police serve Apple with a search warrant for the data on your iPhone 6 Plus, with the new iOS 8 security policy, Apple can’t give the police anything. Wow? Yeah, wow! Yes, Tim Cook has published an open letter to the public, and the police, lawing down the company’s iOS 8 security policy and it is very much a breath of fresh air. “Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data,†writes Apple’s Cook. “So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.†Suck it NSA? In this post-Snowden age, those words will be music to many people’s ears. iOS 8 Security: Nothing to Hide? As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend, blame for the scandal has rotated from the scumbag hackers who stole the images to a researcher who released a tool used to crack victims’ iCloud passwords to Apple, whose security flaws may have made that cracking exploit possible in the first place. But one step in the hackers’ sext-stealing playbook has been ignored—a piece of software designed to let cops and spies siphon data from iPhones, but is instead being used by pervy criminals themselves — Wired. Previously, Apple said it could provide law enforcement with call, SMS, photo, GPS, etc data. Now, even with a search warrant from the police, etc., iOS 8 security means Apple can do nothing. Granted, a technically savvy government, corporation or even individual could possibly get around Apple’s new iOS 8 security policy (ie via pairing records). Further, it will be unsurprising if law enforcement et al try to force the issue with Apple in the courts. And, of course, the US Congress has more than played along with the NSA and other supra national actors in the past (ie Patriot Act). “Our business model is very straightforward: We sell great products,†adds Apple’s Cook. “We don’t build a profile based on your email content or web browsing habits to sell to advertisers.†Apple isn’t perfect, far from it. However, it would be more than nice if Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, Samsung, HTC, Huawei, etc adopted iOS 8 security-like policies of their own… What’s your take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I think it is a smart move. Let the Government do the hard work for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 ... but all the stuff in the iCloud would be handed over. Most folks will have the iPhone automatically backed up on the iCloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Correct, really, they are not allowed to tell you when the "Big Boys" ask, NSA etc, once they ask, Apple can't tell you anything, so they can print anything they like here, but read the fine print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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