Relevant technical info re Apple iPhone cryptosecurity

[Steve Kinney]

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Verry interesting...

"The CIA Campaign To Steal Apple's Secrets"
By Jeremy Scahill and Josh Begley, published in The Intercept:

https://tinyurl.com/p9wtmdf

"These machines have two separate keys integrated into the silicon
of their Apple-designed processors at the point of manufacture.
The two, paired together, are used to encrypt data and software
stored on iPhones and iPads. One, the User ID, is unique to an
individual’s phone, and is not retained by Apple. That key is
vital to protecting an individual’s data and — particularly on
Apple’s latest devices — difficult to steal. A second key, the
Group ID, is known to Apple and is the same across multiple Apple
devices that use the same processor. The GID is used to encrypt
essential system software that runs on Apple’s mobile devices."


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