Cops Can Bypass iPhone's Automatic Reboot to Get into Locked Phones

https://www.404media.co/cops-can-bypass-iphone-automatic-inactivity-reboot-graykey/

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Comments

TazeTSchnitzel•24m ago

Is it maybe providing a bogus NTP server or something? Maybe the automatic reboot feature can be moved to the Secure Enclave or something, and made to only rely on the hardware RTC in a way that can't be tampered with.

axus•23m ago

Does this mean iPhones are worth more to steal?

klinquist•11m ago

No. This requires an expensive license for a government agency to purchase in order to take advantage of this functionality.

daveoc64•10m ago

This article seems completely unrelated to theft of devices.

quux•10m ago

Perhaps for a short time. As soon as Apple understands the exploit I expect them to patch it. They may even back port the fix to older iOS versions as well.

amluto•19m ago

Ooh, I wonder whether Apple made the classic mistake of using a wall clock timer when they should have used a monotonic (local) clock timer.

delichon•18m ago

I keep all of my most sensitive personal documents on my phone, as an emergency backup, but in an encrypted (Cryptomator) volume that requires a separate password. Given the routine news of such exploits this seems like due diligence.

As I understand it this encryption is a significant additional barrier to technical or legal access to those files. If someone knows otherwise, please let me know. Being wrong could cost me my life savings.

pieter_mj•15m ago

If you travel abroad you must unlock. No 4th amendment for you.

skinfaxi•12m ago

You can decline but then they can seize is that right?

jstanley•11m ago

This is mostly FUD. I've never been asked to unlock my phone when travelling abroad.

dana-s•7m ago

I believe the parent comment is talking about leaving US, coming back to the US and then having US's border patrol do so. If that is also what you understood, are you an activist or anyone whom would be of interest to the feds to be asked so? Otherwise saying "I've never been asked" sounds like a common thing for most people.

jstanley•10m ago

It seems foolhardy to carry your life savings around everywhere, encrypted or not.

If you really want to keep this stuff on a phone at least stretch to a second phone and keep it somewhere safe.

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