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Titanic Clash Between National Security & Privacy: The iPhone Backdoor, Apples Defiance (Videos) Where Do You Stand?
17 Feb 16
A federal judge is ordering the company to help the FBI get into the phone of one of the shooters, but Apple says that would create a backdoor compromising the privacy of millions.
Do the iphones have a backdoor that Apple does not want to admit to? Where do you stand on the privacy vs FBI controversy ? (In very brief summary, the FBI is asking Apple to hack the San Bernardino terrorists phone for additional terror intel.) Will this finish the end of the constitution, will it completely end privacy?
Here are two published arguments. plus videos, but I am looking forawrd to your comments, beliefs.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook refuses to create ‘backdoor’ to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
A US federal magistrate has ordered Apple to develop a “backdoor” to the iPhone and help the Federal Bureau of Investigation with their investigation into the San Bernardino shootings.
In a public message to customers, chief executive Tim Cook outlines the company’s refusal to comply citing the need to protect citizen privacy and the threat to data security.
US authorities want to bypass Apple’s security system, which on top of the device’s passcode, includes an ‘auto-erase function’ which will erase all data on the iPhone if the passcode is entered incorrectly 10 times.
The FBI wants to unlock the iPhone 5c, belonging to Syed Farook, of one of the shooters in terrorist attack, where 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured at the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health in California last December.
“Specifically, the FBI wants us to make a new version of the iPhone operating system, circumventing several important security features, and install it on an iPhone recovered during the investigation. In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession,” reads the message posted on Apple’s website on February 16 and signed by chief executive Tim Cook.
“The FBI may use different words to describe this tool, but make no mistake: Building a version of iOS that bypasses security in this way would undeniably create a backdoor. And while the government may argue that its use would be limited to this case, there is no way to guarantee such control.”
The company has refused the FBI’s request for Apple engineers to develop a “backdoor” – a loophole in the software allowing outside parties access to the data contained within the device.
“The government is asking Apple to hack our own users and undermine decades of security advancements that protect our customers — including tens of millions of American citizens — from sophisticated hackers and cybercriminals.
Apple outlines how the FBI is making this request under the “All Writs Act of 1789″ and argues the US government could demand Apple build surveillance software enabling government agencies to intercept messages, access health and financial records, track user’s locations and retrieve data from the device’s camera and microphone.
“Opposing this order is not something we take lightly. We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an overreach by the US government.
“We are challenging the FBI’s demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. We believe it would be in the best interest of everyone to step back and consider the implications.”
Every iPhone Has A Security Backdoor
iPhone and iPad users have long been able to laud the superior security of their devices over rivals. But it seems one crucial aspect has been forgotten: what if the hacker is Apple AAPL +1.62%?
Responding to an eye opening talk from forensic scientist Jonathan Zdziarski at the Hackers On Planet Earth conference on Friday Apple has issued a formal statement acknowledging the existence of services running on iOS which can bypass encryption to access user data (the classic ‘backdoor‘), but claims they do not compromise user privacy or security.
“We have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,” the statement reads.
“A user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic data. The user must agree to share this information, and data is never transferred without their consent.”
Apple also stated it has not worked alongside governments – foreign or domestic – to create security backdoors into its products.
On the face of it the statement makes sense, but in the context of what Zdziarski’s talk actually said? Not so much.
The Counter Argument
Writing on his blog Zdziarski responded in kind saying “it looks like Apple might have inadvertently admitted that, in the classic sense of the word, they do indeed have back doors in iOS, however claim that the purpose is for ‘diagnostics’ and ‘enterprise’.”
“The problem with this is that these services dish out data (and bypass backup encryption) regardless of whether or not “Send Diagnostic Data to Apple” is turned on or off, and whether or not the device is managed by an enterprise policy of any kind… As a result, every single device has these features enabled and there’s no way to turn them off, nor [contrary to Apple’s statement] are users prompted for consent to send this kind of personal data off the device.”
In his original talk (slides now available online) Zdziarski reports services such as ‘lockdownd’, ‘pcapd’ and ‘mobile.file_relay’ have “been around for many years”, run completely hidden from the user and can bypass encrypted backups to obtain data including logins, contacts, voicemails and photos. Intercepting this data can be done over WiFi, USB and even potentially 3G and 4G data.
Zdziarski said the finding shocked him as he regards iOS security as “generally great”. He states he made repeated attempts to contact Apple, and Tim Cook in particular, about these services and their vulnerabilities, but never received a response.
The Ultimate Backdoor Key
If Apple is using this for diagnostics Zdziarski says it lacks any transparency (Apple only acknowledged its existence in response to the talk) and moreover makes an obvious target for hackers and home and foreign governments. Hack the background processes and they will grant complete access to iPhone data, bypassing all encryption. In fact leaked documents last year revealed the NSA actually pulled a similar tactic using a program dubbed ‘DROPOUTJEEP’ to pull information from iPhones, but that required physical access to the phone first.
In defence of Zdziarski he stresses: “I have NOT accused Apple of working with NSA, however I suspect (based on released documents) that some of these services MAY have been used by NSA to collect data on potential targets.”
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