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GrayKey: iPhone unlocker
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Thorzdad
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Apr 17, 2018, 08:09 AM
 
Grayshift, an Atlanta-based company, makes a device they call GrayKey, which can unlock a passcode-protected iPhone. Grayshift provides the device exclusively to law enforcement agencies.
     
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Apr 17, 2018, 08:48 AM
 
Looks like zero day is back on the menu, boys.
     
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Apr 17, 2018, 12:40 PM
 
So counting Cellebrite, we now have two firms cracking iPhones. Apple needs to up the bug bounties.
     
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Apr 17, 2018, 12:44 PM
 
So, realistically, Apple will be able to get their hands on one, right?
     
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Apr 18, 2018, 08:06 AM
 
Good question. Grayshift seems to be very strict about only working directly with law enforcement agencies, and I have to assume their contract includes language forbidding the device be shared with anyone outside of law enforcement, especially Apple. But, where there's a will, there's a way.
     
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Apr 19, 2018, 03:45 AM
 
I imagine given knowledge of the device and discussion around how it works and specifically the time it takes to perform unlocks, Apple will have a solid idea how it is working and how to combat it.

Its amazing how people have achieved this despite Apples control of the hardware, software and integration of security into both.

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Apr 29, 2018, 01:13 PM
 
I’ve had a bit if time to digest this, and my first reaction is still my major reaction.

Just because Grayshift is only selling these devices to law enforcement does NOT mean that the devices will STAY in the hands of law enforcement. All sorts of “cool stuff” finds its way out of the police station and winds up in “the wrong hands.”

Unless they stick with selling only to high-level agencies (some, but not all state police, the FBI (not local offices), etc.), there’s a good chance that Joe Hacker will get his hands on one or more GrayKey devices. Really soon, too. Once that happens, they’ll be cloned and on the black market in a matter of months. And then those pesky “you need a warrant to inspect that phone” rules are moot.

This is really bad on a number of levels.

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