---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20160325181128.GA2782@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:11:28 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FBI iPhone hack may be bad news for privacy 4 reasons why the FBI unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone without Apple is bad news by Chris Smith The government is confident it can hack into the San Bernardino iPhone 5c without Apple's help, at least according to statements made on Thursday. The FBI and DOJ have not detailed how the hackers who came forward with the proposal to help will do it, and it's too early to know for sure whether the procedure will work. Even though you might think it's great news to hear that Apple doesn't have to fight a court order to break its own encryption, there are reasons to worry. http://bgr.com/2016/03/25/apple-fbi-san-bernardino-iphone-hack/ +---------------------+ Apple isn't fighting "a court order to break it's own encryption": it is fighting an order to make a custom version of IOS that will make it easier for the FBI to find a password by brute force. But, now there's a company I've never heard of saying it can do it without Apple's help, and that makes me suspicious that the NSA is looking for an easy way to avoid disclosing any of the tricks "No Such Agency" has up its sleeve. Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160325180032.GA2763@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:00:32 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Israeli firm helping FBI to open encrypted iPhone: report Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday. If Cellebrite succeeds, then the FBI will no longer need the help of Apple Inc., the Israeli daily said, citing unnamed industry sources. Cellebrite officials declined to comment on the matter. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-encryption-cellebrite-idUSKCN0WP17J -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <9C63C4A7-DEDC-4BD0-9A66-11CD4FF5BB30@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 08:30:24 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Children as young as seven caught sexting at school, study reveals Children as young as seven caught sexting at school, study reveals More than half of teachers aware of sexting incidents with most cases involving pupils aged 13 to 16, according to NASUWT http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/25/children-young-seven-caught-sexting-school-study-reveals ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160325175540.GA2738@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:55:40 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Apple asking NY court to wait on FBI FBI's iPhone Unlocking Attempt Could Help Apple Nix NY Case by Don Reisinger Apple has asked for a delay to see how the FBI does at unlocking the iPhone [used by an accused terrorist]. While the FBI tries to unlock an iPhone owned by [alleged] San Bernardino attacker Syed Farook, Apple is trying to get out of a similar case in New York. Apple issued a letter on Thursday addressed to District Court Judge Margo Brodie asking to delay a case based in New York related to a drug dealer until the FBI can determine if it's capable of unlocking Farook's iPhone 5c, according to Reuters, which obtained a copy of the letter. http://fortune.com/2016/03/25/fbi-iphone-ny-case/ -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 26 Mar 2016