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Apple’s iOS 12 reportedly stops iPhone hacking tool used by cops

Thursday, October 25, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech Apple’s iOS 12 reportedly stops iPhone hacking tool used by cops

With iOS 12, Apple has thwarted the GrayKey device that can unlock criminal suspects’ iPhones for law enforcement, reports Forbes. The report claims that GrayKey now can only do a “partial extraction” of the data on a locked iPhone running the latest version of Apple’s software. That means the cops can only extract metadata of files, like the size and the structure. Captain John Sherwin of the Rochester Police Department in Minnesota told Forbes that iOS 12 has indeed prevented them from getting through the iPhone’s security. But he is confident that there will be a ‘workaround’ available soon: Give…

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