- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
The iPhone versus Android battle has just taken a sudden twist as hackers attack smartphones.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251130104350/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/11/30/israels-idf-bans-android-to-stop-hackers-iphones-mandatory/
Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
That article is from six years ago and states Cellebrite can unlock high-end Android phones. Since then, Apple has shipped iOS updates to secure against Cellebrite, while the only similarly secure Android phones are Pixels running GrapheneOS and Samsungs with KNOX, all in a perpetual chase.
So when the US government needed in a trump shooters iPhone…
They gave it to Israel, and Israel gave it back unlocked…
What did they do? Guess the pass code?
A “newer” Samsung is not an iPhone, and we don’t know which model Samsung it was or if it shipped with KNOX (though my guess is it wouldn’t have needed escalation if it didn’t have KNOX).
“According to Washington Post reporting, the FBI used Cellebrite software to break into the device of Thomas Matthew Crooks at the bureau’s lab in Quantico, Va. That followed an initial stop at the nearby Pittsburgh office in which attempts crack Crooks’ newer Samsung model were unsuccessful, according to Bloomberg, noting that the Cellebrite software was “unreleased.”” https://fedscoop.com/israeli-firm-behind-tech-that-reportedly-cracked-trump-shooters-phone-wants-more-fed-business/
Oof, you’re embarrassing yourself.