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Cops Can Bypass iPhone's Automatic Reboot to Get into Locked Phones

287 points · 226 comments · speckx

delichon · 1790868019 · focus · HN ↗
I keep all of my most sensitive personal documents on my phone, as an emergency backup, but in an encrypted (Cryptomator) volume that requires a separate password. Given the routine news of such exploits this seems like due diligence.
As I understand it this encryption is a significant additional barrier to technical or legal access to those files. If someone knows otherwise, please let me know. Being wrong could cost me my home and life savings.
1. jstanley · 1790868543 · focus · HN ↗
  It seems foolhardy to carry your life savings around everywhere, encrypted or not.
  If you really want to keep this stuff on a phone at least stretch to a second phone and keep it somewhere safe.
  1. devin · 1790872627 · focus · HN ↗
    or a separate hard drive in a fireproof safe or something.
  2. ryandrake · 1790874003 · focus · HN ↗
    Exactly. Don't keep your life on your phone. We shouldn't have to take these precautions but unfortunately we do.
    Razengan · 1790878029 · focus · HN ↗
    What if everyone at the airport or border stood together and refused to comply?
    brokenmachine · 1790897189 · focus · HN ↗
    Nobody makes their flight.

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