[IP] iPhone encryption cracked in two minutes

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Randall <rvh40@insightbb.com>
Date: July 26, 2009 8:12:54 AM EDT
To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>, David Farber <dave@farber.net 
>, johnmacsgroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: iPhone encryption cracked in two minutes

<http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/24/2218201/iPhone-3Gs-Encryption-Cracked-In-Two-Minutes 
>

"In a Wired news article, iPhone Forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski
explains how the much-touted hardware encryption of the iPhone 3Gs is
but a farce, and demonstrates how both the passcode and backup
encryption can be bypassed in about two minutes. Zdziarski also goes
on to say that all data on the iPhone - including deleted data - is
automatically decrypted by the iPhone when it's copied, allowing
hackers and law enforcement agencies alike [to] access the device's
raw disk as if no encryption were present. A second demonstration
features the recovery of the iPhone's entire disk while the device is
still passcode-locked. According to a similar article in Ars Technica,
Zdziarski describes the iPhone's hardware encryption by saying it's
'like putting privacy glass on half your shower door.' With the iPhone
being sold into 20% of Fortune-100s and into the military, just how
worried should we be with such shoddy security?"

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