- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content, the city’s judicial bureau said in an online post. Police have identified multiple suspects via that method, the agency said, without disclosing if anyone was arrested. “It improves the efficiency and accuracy of case-solving and prevents the spread of inappropriate remarks as well as potential bad influences,” the bureau said.
Further read: https://sfj.beijing.gov.cn/sfj/sfdt/ywdt82/flfw93/436331732/index.html
There’s no way to prove that something is secure. (It reduces to the halting problem.)
You can still have more certainty or less. If it’s open-source - it doesn’t guarantee safety by any means, sure, but if it’s proprietary like this one - you don’t even get a chance to check what’s going on.
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Just make a machine to prove it /s
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That’s it, job done. We have our answer, everyone!
Nothing is ever completely secure if it’s connected to the internet. It just likely isn’t worth it to hack into. That’s why macs used to be “virus proof”.
Well, yes, because Windows was a much more lucrative target.