Subtitle: Decapping techniques are effective, but they're not practical in this case.
The iPhone in question does *not* have the "secure enclave" of newer phones.
The positive example they give for decapping is for a "break once break everywhere" strategy. Vaporizing 50 chips before the common secret was extracted that would allow "counterfeiting".
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Re: Just a shortcut
Date: 2016-02-27 07:13 pm (UTC)Subtitle: Decapping techniques are effective, but they're not practical in this case.
The iPhone in question does *not* have the "secure enclave" of newer phones.
The positive example they give for decapping is for a "break once break everywhere" strategy. Vaporizing 50 chips before the common secret was extracted that would allow "counterfeiting".