On Sat, 19 Jul 2014 18:20:18 -0700 coderman <[email protected]> wrote:
> doubt this will surprise anyone; iOS intentionally designed to support > surveillance. > > --- > > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742287614000036 $ 31.50 ? > > "Identifying back doors, attack points, and surveillance mechanisms in > iOS devices" > by Jonathan Zdziarski > > Abstract > > The iOS operating system has long been a subject of interest among the > forensics and law enforcement communities. With a large base of > interest among consumers, it has become the target of many hackers and > criminals alike, with many celebrity thefts (For example, the recent > article “How did Scarlett Johansson's phone get hacked?”) of data > raising awareness to personal privacy. Recent revelations (Privacy > scandal: NSA can spy on smart phone data, 2013 and How the NSA spies > on smartphones including the BlackBerry) exposed the use (or abuse) of > operating system features in the surveillance of targeted individuals > by the National Security Agency (NSA), of whom some subjects appear to > be American citizens. This paper identifies the most probable > techniques that were used, based on the descriptions provided by the > media, and today's possible techniques that could be exploited in the > future, based on what may be back doors, bypass switches, general > weaknesses, or surveillance mechanisms intended for enterprise use in > current release versions of iOS. More importantly, I will identify > several services and mechanisms that can be abused by a government > agency or malicious party to extract intelligence on a subject, > including services that may in fact be back doors introduced by the > manufacturer... > ''' >
