>> You give technical explanations of the issue, and there are plenty of those >> around. And regarding your paper, the fact that an OS upgrade does not >> require a password is irrelevant here because upgrading the software would >> not remove the encryption. And if the disk were not encrypted an OS update >> would not be required. > > You've missed the point. The OS 'upgrade' -- or rather, 'degrade' -- > doesn't remove the encryption, but it enables a brute-force attack on > the password.
No, I did get that. Remember, I wrote that I had followed the discussion of HN and other outlets. And that's the reason why I am not interested in the technical aspects of the case, because unless we have a deep understanding of Apple's processes and other security issues in general, we are bound to rehash the same things over again. >> But what I'm interested in is analysis of the issues at hand in terms of >> personal privacy/security vs law enforcement. > > Two words: open source. Like open source is backdoor safe ? Jean-Christophe Helary _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
