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Read her side of the story. Chilling.
Read her side of the story. Chilling.
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Our Weekly Discontents, 6/14/2021
You've got to keep the death machine churning
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World roundup: June 15 2021
Stories from Israel-Palestine, Algeria, Peru, and more
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Morning Consult Pro
Can You Locate Iran? Few Voters Can.
As tensions between the United States and Iran rise in the aftermath of the American drone strike that killed the country’s most powerful commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a new Morning Consult/Politico survey finds fewer than 3 in 10 registered voters can…
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The Intercept
Leaked Audio of Sen. Joe Manchin Call With Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster and Jan. 6 Commission
Manchin urged big-money donors with No Labels to talk to Sen. Roy Blunt about flipping his vote on the commission in order to save the filibuster.
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World roundup: June 17 2021
Stories from Lebanon, Afghanistan, Bolivia, and more
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World roundup: June 19-20 2021
Stories from Iran, Libya, Peru, and more
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Our Weekly Discontents, 6/21/2021
Coffee with/from/for A Cop
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World roundup: June 22 2021
Stories from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Russia, and more
Forwarded from Strike Force
“When running the GrayKey, users have various options around what sort of data they want to collect from a linked iOS device or how they want to extract it, the instructions show. Those include extracting metadata for inaccessible files, and "immediate extraction when SE-bound passcode," presumably referring to the Secure Enclave, the part of iOS devices that stores sensitive material such as passcodes.
One section of the instructions also describes how to brute force an alphanumeric passcode. Many iPhone users have purely numerical passcodes, only made up of numbers. An alphanumeric passcode also uses letters, so has more characters options, and can generally be more resilient to brute force attempts if it uses a random series of characters. If the device uses an alphanumeric passcode containing real words however, that may make cracking the passcode easier thanks to word lists; long lists of human readable words.
"An alphanumeric passcode on Apple Mobile Device will be automatically detected by GrayKey and require additional actions by the analyst," the instructions read. The instructions say that the analyst will have the option to use the default wordlist called "crackstation-human-only.txt," perhaps referring to a wordlist released by the password security website Crackstation. That archive includes around 1.5 billion words. The instructions say GrayKey users can also import their own custom wordlists, but only one wordlist can be loaded at a time.
"If the brute force agent has successfully installed, Airplane mode will be activated, and the Apple mobile device can be disconnected or remain connected to the GrayKey unit for data extraction," the instructions read.
As part of a feature called HideUI, GrayKey also allows agencies to install the agent which surreptitiously records the user's passcode if authorities hand their phone back to them, NBC News reported.”
https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/k7835w/how-to-brute-force-iphones-graykey?
One section of the instructions also describes how to brute force an alphanumeric passcode. Many iPhone users have purely numerical passcodes, only made up of numbers. An alphanumeric passcode also uses letters, so has more characters options, and can generally be more resilient to brute force attempts if it uses a random series of characters. If the device uses an alphanumeric passcode containing real words however, that may make cracking the passcode easier thanks to word lists; long lists of human readable words.
"An alphanumeric passcode on Apple Mobile Device will be automatically detected by GrayKey and require additional actions by the analyst," the instructions read. The instructions say that the analyst will have the option to use the default wordlist called "crackstation-human-only.txt," perhaps referring to a wordlist released by the password security website Crackstation. That archive includes around 1.5 billion words. The instructions say GrayKey users can also import their own custom wordlists, but only one wordlist can be loaded at a time.
"If the brute force agent has successfully installed, Airplane mode will be activated, and the Apple mobile device can be disconnected or remain connected to the GrayKey unit for data extraction," the instructions read.
As part of a feature called HideUI, GrayKey also allows agencies to install the agent which surreptitiously records the user's passcode if authorities hand their phone back to them, NBC News reported.”
https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/k7835w/how-to-brute-force-iphones-graykey?
NBC News
iPhone spyware lets police log suspects’ passcodes when cracking doesn’t work
A tool, previously unknown to the public, doesn't have to crack the code that people use to unlock their phones. It just has to log the code as the user types it in.
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World roundup: June 24 2021
Stories from Afghanistan, Sweden, Peru, and more
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Cruella and the Conflict of Rebellion-Chic in Mainstream Pop Culture
Cruella and the Conflict of Rebellion-Chic in Mainstream Pop Culture.docxDownload Why Entertaining Revolutionary Capitalism is still capitalism Critics are already hailing Disney’s newest villain o…
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World roundup: June 26-27 2021
Stories from Iraq, Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, and more