{"id":191464,"date":"2016-02-19T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T13:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=191464"},"modified":"2016-02-19T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T13:13:02","slug":"mcafee-offers-to-unlock-killers-iphone-for-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/mcafee-offers-to-unlock-killers-iphone-for-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"McAfee offers to unlock killer&#8217;s iPhone for FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anti-virus software creator John McAfee has said he will break the encryption on an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino killer Syed Farook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr McAfee made the offer to the FBI in an article published by Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;dQ3FPh33USyHyyuYtwafxKbJbfpAFJkg&#8221;]Apple has refused to comply with a court order asking it to unlock the device, dividing opinion over whether the firm should be compelled to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr McAfee said he and his team would take on the task &#8220;free of charge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The offer came as Mr McAfee continues his campaign as a US presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It will take us three weeks,&#8221; he claimed in his article.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that he was keen to unlock the device because he didn&#8217;t want Apple to be forced to implement a &#8220;back door&#8221; &#8211; a method by which security services could access data on encrypted devices.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apple v FBI<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief executive of Apple Tim Cook had previously said in a statement that the firm did not want to co-operate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He argued that introducing a back door would make all iPhones vulnerable to hacking by criminals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some, including the Australian Children&#8217;s eSafety Commissioner who spoke to tech website ZDNet, have said that Apple would not have to introduce a back door, but that the firm is only being asked to provide access to a single device.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1328A\/production\/_88347487_gettyimages-487421640.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Cook has said Apple will refuse to introduce back doors to iPhones\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Cook has said Apple will refuse to introduce back doors to iPhones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Mr McAfee believes that it would be possible to retrieve data from the phone by other means &#8211; though he did not give many details of how it would be done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I would eat my shoe on the Neil Cavuto [television] show if we could not break the encryption on the San Bernardino phone,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Security expert Graham Cluley told the BBC he was sceptical of Mr McAfee&#8217;s claims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The iPhone is notoriously difficult to hack compared to other devices,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Dead men&#8217;s tales&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For instance, Mr Cluley cast doubts on Mr McAfee&#8217;s idea that he could use &#8220;social engineering&#8221; to work out the pass-code of Farook&#8217;s locked iPhone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a process by which hackers try to find out login credentials by tricking people into giving them away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;In a nutshell, dead men tell no tales,&#8221; said Mr Cluley. &#8220;Good luck to Mr McAfee trying to socially engineer a corpse into revealing its pass-code.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The FBI isn&#8217;t interested anyway, they want to set a precedent that there shouldn&#8217;t be locks they can&#8217;t break,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8966\/production\/_88347153_jack.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Dorsey said he stood by Tim Cook on his refusal to decrypt the iPhone\" width=\"601\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Dorsey said he stood by Tim Cook on his refusal to decrypt the iPhone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tech firms&#8217; support<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a few days of debate over what Apple should do in response to the FBI&#8217;s request, other tech firms have rallied behind the company&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google boss Sundar Pichai had already expressed his support for Mr Cook and yesterday chief executive of Twitter Jack Dorsey added his approval via a tweet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, Facebook said it condemned terrorism and had solidarity with the victims of terror, but would continue its policy of opposing requests to diminish security.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We will continue to fight aggressively against requirements for companies to weaken the security of their systems,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;These demands would create a chilling precedent and obstruct companies&#8217; efforts to secure their products.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-virus software creator John McAfee has said he will break the encryption on an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino killer Syed Farook. 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