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Old 07-27-2009
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Encryption on iPhone 3GS deemed useless

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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Old 07-28-2009
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No one should be surprised by this.
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Way to go apple, they must be taking lessons from MS.
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