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Encryption on iPhone 3GS deemed useless

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Matthew, Jul 27, 2009.

  1. Matthew TechSpot Staff Posts: 5,893   +53

    The iPhone 3GS’s encryption feature is reportedly so easy to crack, that forensics expert and iPhone developer Jonathan Zdziarski has rendered it “broken.” It is nearly useless when it comes to safeguarding sensitive data such as credit card and social security numbers; making it one of the worst implementations of encryption he’s ever seen.

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    Matthew, Jul 27, 2009
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  2. Guest

    No one should be surprised by this.
    Guest, Jul 28, 2009
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  3. Deathstar17 Newcomer, in training Posts: 34

    Way to go apple, they must be taking lessons from MS.
    Deathstar17, Jul 28, 2009
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