backstab

Rayz2016 said:

backstab said:

Kind of confusing. Is Apple suggesting that the guy is lying? Or was he, in fact, able to break into the phone; or not?
Which is it?

My apologies. I didn't actually answer your second question.

In a word, no.

No article I've read (including the one here), has said that he actually broken into the phone. What he has done is demonstrate that the iOS's data erasure function can be bypassed, which could, in theory, lead to the development of an exploit that could be used to break into the phone. If you can stop the phone from erasing itself then you have more chances to break into it.

Unfortunately, this may not be the case because the reason the experimental phone did not erase itself is because it had not, as he first believed, received the ten password tries that triggers the function.

Thank you. That actually does answer my question.
I'm still seeing 'newly published' headlines on this subject that make it sound like, indeed, the iPhone "has been hacked" with this method.
...infuriating.

tmay said:

backstab said:

Kind of confusing. Is Apple suggesting that the guy is lying? Or was he, in fact, able to break into the phone; or not?
Which is it?

From the article, my reading comprehension has that the guy isn't lying, just that the result "was in error, and a result of incorrect testing" according to Apple. The fact that the initial findings havn't been able to be replicated or validated by a third party indicates that Apple appears to be correct.

Then I just don't understand whet the "result" was. I had thought the "result" was that this guy had, indeed, brute-forced his way into an iPhone with this method (?)

Check this out:
My local coffee joint switched to Square about a year ago, but I was sadly disappointed that they didn't get the service with the ApplePay / NFC unit.
Couple of days ago I walk in, and there is the NFC reader sitting next to the register, and a nice big plexiglass advertisement stand "Pay accepted here".   I'm thrilled. "Yay! Finally!!" I tell the guy as he draws my coffee. "Yeah" he says. "Apple came by and hit every business on the block".
As I was pulling out my phone I notice on the other side of the register, is the same plexiglass advertisement stand, only this one has an ad in it that reads "15% off when using Pay".   I squealed like a little girl.
It seems like Apple may FINALLY be stepping up their retailer focus for ApplePay. It's really about time. If I read about one more bank / credit card institution signing on (ZZzzzz), I was going to scream.