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| Authored by: Imaginos1892 on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 11:03 AM EDT |
Why is the FBI using win-blows? If it was running Linux
with strong passwords they never would have cracked it.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 12:27 PM EDT |
From what I read about the original hack, it came from exploiting a Java
vulnerability. So if that is the case, then fully encrypting the hard disk
wouldn't have helped as the OS was up and running and decrypting it for the
running applications. Files like the 12 million strong list of iPhones should
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| Authored by: JamesK on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 12:42 PM EDT |
A few years ago, I was setting up computers with full disk encryption for a
pharmaceutical company. No even booting the computer without the password. It
can be done and there's no excuse for the FBI not having an agency wide policy
for doing that. It's also possible to use VPNs, X.509 certificates and more to
improve security.
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| Authored by: cjk fossman on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 02:59 PM EDT |
Because the right questions are:
- what was an FBI agent doing with a
database of Apple
computer owners?
- who else has it?
- where did he get
it?
- is Apple selling this info?
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| Authored by: sjohnson on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 04:24 PM EDT |
It was claimed they used the current Java exploit to access the computer. So any
whole disk encryption is irrelevant as the disk was unlocked to the OS and any
process running on the machine.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 11:10 PM EDT |
> secure computer network has not been invented, so it can't be legislated.
A secure network is possible, but it requires that there be no means of
communication outside of that network. USB ports are locked closed. Floppy
drives, zip drives, Worm drives are either locked closed, or write only.
Winchester drives, SSD slots, and its brethren, are either locked closed, or
write only. Computer cases are welded shut. When the internal hard drive fails,
the entire computer is demolished into pieces no larger than 5 cubic millimeters
in size.
All that is possible, but it requires a lot of work to setup. It also requires
terminating any employee, regardless of seniority, or position in the company,
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