Tony BarkFeb 4

FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled

https://pawb.social/post/39220555

FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled - Pawb.Social

> The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records. > > The court record shows what devices and data the FBI was able to ultimately access, and which devices it could not, after raiding the home of the reporter, Hannah Natanson, in January as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information. It also provides rare insight into the apparent effectiveness of Lockdown Mode, or at least how effective it might be before the FBI may try other techniques to access the device. > > “Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team, a unit focused on performing forensic analyses of seized devices. The document is written by the government, and is opposing the return of Natanson’s devices. Archive: http://archive.today/gfTg9 [http://archive.today/gfTg9]

Show threadroofuskitFeb 4
Best advertisement I’ve heard for an iPhone ever. Now that Android moving to the same walled garden business model…
Show threadUlrichFeb 4
GrapheneOS is ~10x more private and secure than iOS.
Show threadroofuskitFeb 4
I want a phone, not a hobby.
Show threadAttacker94Feb 4
Discounting some minor comparability issues, the process just requires a computer, an internet connection, a cable, and the ability to read through a couple paragraphs of instruction.
Show threadroofuskitFeb 4
I’m talking about daily use. I have a good friend, we’ve both been computer nerds since The Apple II era, we both used to put custom roms on our android phones, we’re avid self hosters, etc… He recently switched to Graphene and wants to switch back to something that’s less of a pain. His complaints are pretty much the same as reasons I haven’t switched. I warned him it would be an adjustment.
Show threadnapoleonsdumbcousinFeb 4

As someone who uses GrapheneOS with sandboxed GooglePlay on his only smartphone (with daily usage for years at this point): I don’t know what kind of adjustment you are referring to. I never had to adjust to anything, because I never encountered anything that GrapheneOS couldn’t do that stock Android could. Follow the installation process and after that the phone behaves like a regular phone, except you have way more options regarding security and privacy.

Is your friend trying to use GrapheneOS without any Google services maybe?

Show threadfrongtFeb 4
I had to fiddle with some stuff to get the Google location history and Android Auto working. But if you’re using it for privacy-from-Google purposes you probably don’t care about those.
Show threadWinged_HussarFeb 5
And Tmobile / Mint Mobile regularly stop working and require reprovisioning every 36 hours.
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Show threadLyubo
Look, there always will be obstacles. Do you have any other carrier option? If yes- change it and tell them why, if not- you’re already fucked and I wouldn’t comply when it’s already that bad. Nothing’s going to get better when doing nothing. My bank wanted to store a picture of my face on their servers to continue using their service so I changed my bank. You need to not be lazy.
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Show threadWinged_HussarFeb 5
Nah