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copper-float | 2 years ago

Source? That would be very shocking.

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rasz|2 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th...

>Later provision was added to allow export of 56-bit encryption if the exporter promised to add "key recovery" backdoors by the end of 1998.

First SSL crippled to 40-bit RC2/RC4

First 802.11 wireless protocol WEP "64" key length shortened to 40 bits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A5/1 vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A5/2

>to allow the British secret service to eavesdrop more easily. The British proposed a key length of 48 bits, while the West Germans wanted stronger encryption to protect against East German spying, so the compromise became a key length of 54 bits

>Documents leaked by Edward Snowden in 2013 state that the NSA "can process encrypted A5/1"

Spooky23|2 years ago

Why? The FBI pitched a fit over access to a shooter’s phone in the press a few years ago, then stopped.

Now, you have a multiple products on the market that can crack passcodes by utilizing flaws that allow you to brute force PINs, which are by default 6 digit numbers. (Despite most guidance demanding 8)

rasz|2 years ago

Cellebrite UFED Cellphone Forensic Extraction Device Teardown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLGGCXH9MQ

UFED, get it? its right in the name :] Video has little demonstration with older phones, one click bypass for all passcodes.

halJordan|2 years ago

Despite the "hurr, durr; I'm cynical" responses, you're not insane, it would in fact be shocking.

wyager|2 years ago

Would it? Apple crippled iCloud image encryption for years at the request of federal LEAs.

_georgesim_|2 years ago

Can you share a source for this please? Not finding anything useful.