The Spiegel article perhaps contains a key to this capability: "In the internal documents, experts boast about successful access to iPhone data in instances where the NSA is able to infiltrate the computer a person uses to sync their iPhone."
I have not seen security measures such as requiring a password from the connected computer to a phone in order to access data such as contact lists, SMS history, .. This is probably done simply in order to provide maximum convenience to end users. _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
