-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 17/12/12 23:25, Eric S Johnson wrote: >> I'm not aware of any suitable storage on current smartphones or >> personal computers > > Isn't this exactly how the iOS (v4+) can be remotely "wiped" in a > couple seconds? Everything's encrypted, so deleting the key ... > > Or are we saying the iOS's storage of the key is insecure?
Hi Eric, Good point - it slipped my mind before but I've also heard that the iPhone uses hardware support of some kind for its encrypted storage. Does anyone know the details? Is the key stored on a separate, securely erasable medium, or on the SSD itself, protected only by the PIN? Cheers, Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQz+gxAAoJEBEET9GfxSfMD3kH/0eW6hyfdgn+4HWZGmpVD4kQ zxCQwNr9wfN/a6jb7HX8eAh8TRM/IR0EG/GoUTNCglu5islFGvyyv7osHrPzIUUy epxLlM+VXVacsLcLb0BrmIzSW9vH/aKqS+N6Ebl4QNTm+T8x13zf25Rnczpqx3G/ 37TfuAlSiCHpDXs/maBO/MrErhkpd8RXhq2YN4p+BcV8uh6MbBA5TtGyOx5NBjxB lBY+bP2X261rzgwVSnvf5n+MhUtQB/HwgoBTw4nIUbj251VPmaeknYs4eOWC8pKY dDL+PUwjiiykDmhOtVScHc30SCOKxf+0U08IyS2JDE625AJ8s3IEAcnvCwd/VqY= =zsrj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
