Re: [Fed-Talk] Security wipe: good & bad news
Re: [Fed-Talk] Security wipe: good & bad news
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Security wipe: good & bad news
- From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:24:40 -0400
Apple did file recovery on his laptop, which I assume, he synced with his phone, meaning pictures from iPhoto.
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Joel Esler
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On Aug 19, 2012, at 2:37 PM, "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Here is my question...
>
> Was his drive encrypted with FileVault? If it was and a Joe Schmoe company off the street can recover it, it makes me sincerely doubt iOS and apple security.
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> Even further the fact a story said the NSA couldn't crack the data on a wiped iOS device tells me that NSA lied especially if Bob's data recovery company did it in a week.
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> Mike
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> Sent via my iOS 6 Device
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> On Aug 19, 2012, at 11:06 AM, "Todd Heberlein" <email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
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> A follow-up on the story about Mat Honan having his iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Air wiped. It turns out he *was* able to recover much of his data. Great news for him, but bad news for security.
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> Mat Honan: How I Resurrected My Digital Life After an Epic Hacking
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/mat-honan-data-recovery/
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> My data came back to me on an external hard drive, organized by file types. The thing I cared most about, above all else, was my photo library. And there, in a folder full of JPGs, was photo after photo after photo that I had feared were gone forever. Subfolders were organized by the year, month and day files were created. I went immediately to the folder that bore the date my daughter was born. They were there. Everything was there. We were floored. I nearly cried.
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> Todd
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