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damn_its_hot wrote: » Where did you study your cryptography? I cannot believe that you could make such a blatant mistake. 5 or even 6 digits is nothing to get past compared to 4. Four, 5 or 6 digits does not constitute a complex password. Apparen…
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damn_its_hot wrote: » The thing YOU don't get is that once a backdoor is in place (no matter its intention) it will take those with other so-called legal access via court order etc… a very short time to uncover this backdoor and make the encryptio…
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nevermark wrote: » Are you even trying to make a coherent point? Why would this conversation be even taking place if passwords were easy to break? What is your viewpoint? That people by law should have to share their passwords with third pa…
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magman1979 wrote: » Talk about someone getting their panties in a twist... If you can't handle the feedback you receive, then don't dish out trash that is destroying your country. BTW, I find your comments highly infuriating and provocative, …
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draugminaion wrote: » Sure, me too. But how much warrant will the NSA need for my iCloud data? I'm not a US citizen, I'm free game. If the US mandates back doors to the cloud data, foreign governments will mandate their citizens data to be stored…
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magman1979 wrote: » Last time I checked, hackers have a much higher IQ than most of us, and can come up with very creative ways to exploit backdoors, even those meant for local, via remote. Please don't be naive. Have you not read the Snowden docs…
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nevermark wrote: » It is physically impossible to make data on a phone inaccessible! Its called Flash RAM. Anyone with technical skills and resources can get to the 1's and 0's in a phone. The DA isn't worried about getting access to the 1's…
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nevermark wrote: » There is exactly NO difference because phones cannot be encrypted only data can be. I have been skipping back through your comments. As others are pointing out, you are not making any sense. Do you want to make it illega…
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suddenly newton wrote: » You're looking at this all wrong. See, bad guys already know how to use encryption, as Tim Cook said. That's a reality the FBI has to deal with, so why shouldn't the public have access to the same tools to protect their pr…
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nolamacguy wrote: » i doubt it happens very often. certainly not frequently enough to justify giving the govt a backdoor to every single american's phone. death happens. Seems to be happening more frequently what with all the beheadings and su…
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nolamacguy wrote: » the reward of unlocking a bricked iphone that is the sole piece of timely evidence needed to crack a caper is so unlikely it fails to overcome the risk of abusing the power against more & more citizens. history has proven t…
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nolamacguy wrote: » that doesnt jibe -- we have open criminal courts w/ informants and figured out ways to deal with it. Generally speaking...those courts are trial courts where someone is accused and bring tried for a crime. Not one where one is…
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nolamacguy wrote: » exactly. if you know the combination to the lock on your secret kidnapper room, the court can compel you to give it up, just as they can currently compel you to unlock your phone. in either case if you refuse you sit in jail un…
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normm wrote: » And android, with whatever apps they choose, is still one giant security hole.
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nolamacguy wrote: » because it's a matter of risk vs reward. fact -- like all LE tools, a proposed backdoor would get abused, and the scenarios for using it would creep to anything you can think of. (remember: the FBI was stalking Martin Luther Ki…
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wovel wrote: » Today a court can compel someone to provide access to the data on their phone the same way they can compel you to provide access to anything. Anyone choosing not to provide access would be in jail until they did. Why do we need a …
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theunfetteredmind wrote: » Since I don't want them to be able to access anything on my phone without my permission, then full phone encryption is ok, right? Just like all arguments are moot if we assume no law enforcement person or government o…
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magman1979 wrote: » You don't know me in the slightest, and my comments should be telling as ones from an individual who cannot stand ignorance and stupidity... You on the other hand have demonstrated you're an individual who gladly sacrifices the…
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wovel wrote: » Absolutely if that is the only evidence they should go free. Are you nuts? No. Are you? Would you be OK with denying the authorities to written communications between conspirators too? If not, just how is that any different than t…
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mstone wrote: » Depends on the country. In the US there is the 5th amendment that allows a defendant the right to not incriminate themselves. In other countries you can be fined and sent to jail, however, the defendant can still decide if the cont…