JOHN MCAFEE: I'll decrypt the San Bernardino phone for free so Apple doesn't need to place a back door on its product

[Samfisher]

Source : http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2?IR=T&utm_content=buffer38245&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer?r=US&IR=T

 

 

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So here is my offer to the FBI. I will, for free, decrypt the information on the San Bernardino phone, with my team. We will primarily use social engineering and it will take us three weeks. If you accept my offer, then you will not need to ask Apple to place a back door in their product, which will be the beginning of the end of America.

 

The slightly mad and hugely controversial founder and founder (and no longer part of since 1994) of security vendor McAfee hits the front page once again. I.... Don't know what to say TBH.  It's a fine offer but... It's John McAfee...

[Lethal Seraph]

Whatever, your AV is pos.

[DirtyDane]

2 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

Source : http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2?IR=T&utm_content=buffer38245&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer?r=US&IR=T

 

 

 

The slightly mad and hugely controversial founder and no longer leader of security vendor McAfee hits the front page once again. I.... Don't know what to say TBH.  It's a fine offer but... It's John mcAfee...

hey who cares if the man can do it and manages to do it then hes done us a huge favor

[LukeTim]

This guy is incredible. He's trolling on a level most of us could only dream of.

[MageTank]

I somehow doubt he is even capable of doing it. 

[Samfisher]

Just now, Lethal Seraph said:

Whatever, your AV is pos.

He hasn't even been a part of McAfee for ages and ages now, and regularly slings mud at the company lol.

[ShadowCaptain]

Well that was unexpected

[TetraSky]

If he claim to be able to do it... Why can't the FBI do it as well?

[LukeTim]

Just now, MageTank said:

I somehow doubt he is even capable of doing it. 

 

Doesn't matter. He's taking the piss anyway.

[thexzenon]

This man is brilliant! 

[Sakkura]

9 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

If he claim to be able to do it... Why can't the FBI do it as well?

When it comes to IT, most police is even more inept than McAfee.

[awesomes8wc3]

12 minutes ago, Lethal Seraph said:

Whatever, your AV is pos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

[Ryoutarou97]

5 minutes ago, awesomes8wc3 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg

Damn, beat me to it. McAfee is literally the greatest troll. 

[No Nrg]

We will primarily use social engineering

 

So what is he going to have his team call Apple with Phishing attempts until they get the info needed to crack the phone?

[NumLock21]

 

Unlocking = hardware reset ?

That dude is extremely smart doe

 

McAfee was employed as a programmer byNASA's Institute for Space Studies in New York City from 1968 to 1970. From there he went to Univac as a software designer and later to Xerox as an operating systemarchitect. In 1978 he joined Computer Sciences Corporation as a software consultant. He worked for consulting firmBooz Allen Hamilton from 1980-1982.^[8] In the 1980s, while employed by Lockheed, McAfee received a copy of the Brain computer virus and began developing software to combat viruses.

[CTR640]

This guys looks like he's drunk.

[Half-Shot]

44 minutes ago, No Nrg said:

 

 

 

So what is he going to have his team call Apple with Phishing attempts until they get the info needed to crack the phone?

Sounds like it. Boy, what a talented person.

Got a soundclip from inside the teams office.

Edited February 18, 2016 by Half-Shot

[Yoinkerman]

Ill unlock it just give me 10 tries.

[Half-Shot]

Just now, Yoinkerman said:

Ill unlock it just give me 10 tries.

Oh fuck, looks like it's erased itself. Well, you can have your money back now guys

[Samfisher]

2 minutes ago, Half-Shot said:

Sounds like it. Boy, what a talented person.

McAfee is actually a really really smart person.

[Half-Shot]

3 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

McAfee is actually a really really smart person.

That may be, but this is a stupid claim to make. The target is a man who doesn't sound like the type to leave his pass code with anyone or store it. The only way to get at the phone would be with brute force which would require either a LOT of reverse engineering of the OS to the point where they can send convincing and working updates to the phone, or opening up the phone and bruteforcing the data.

 

Neither would take 3 weeks.

[LukeTim]

4 minutes ago, Half-Shot said:

That may be, but this is a stupid claim to make. The target is a man who doesn't sound like the type to leave his pass code with anyone or store it. The only way to get at the phone would be with brute force which would require either a LOT of reverse engineering of the OS to the point where they can send convincing and working updates to the phone, or opening up the phone and bruteforcing the data.

 

Neither would take 3 weeks.

 

Mcafee is a troll. Don't take him too seriously.

[Samfisher]

5 minutes ago, Half-Shot said:

That may be, but this is a stupid claim to make. The target is a man who doesn't sound like the type to leave his pass code with anyone or store it. The only way to get at the phone would be with brute force which would require either a LOT of reverse engineering of the OS to the point where they can send convincing and working updates to the phone, or opening up the phone and bruteforcing the data.

 

Neither would take 3 weeks.

That's really not what social engineering is though. That's just digging through piles of crap for a folder with TOP SEKRET PASSWORD on it.  Social engineering is combing through your life to see who and what kind of person you are, and making educated guesses on what could possible be your password.

[Half-Shot]

5 minutes ago, LukeTim said:

 

Mcafee is a troll. Don't take him too seriously.

...I should do my research before I get angry. I thought he was being totally legit Going to need a moment to calm down.

 

4 minutes ago, Samfisher said:

That's really not what social engineering is though. That's just digging through piles of crap for a folder with TOP SEKRET PASSWORD on it.  Social engineering is combing through your life to see who and what kind of person you are, and making educated guesses on what could possible be your password.

Which might work if you want an email address or password, but this is an arbitrary number. Yeah it could be his birthday or the day NASA invaded the moon, but it's more than likely to be something as random as a pin number. And it's not like you can look through a mans life and turn up to Apple and say I am this somewhat famous dead guy, give me his data. Too risky (for 10 attempts) and I don't see him doing it.

 

 

 

[Samfisher]

1 minute ago, Half-Shot said:

...I should do my research before I get angry. I thought he was being totally legit Going to need a moment to calm down.

 

Which might work if you want an email address or password, but this is an arbitrary number. Yeah it could be his birthday or the day NASA invaded the moon, but it's more than likely to be something as random as a pin number. And it's not like you can look through a mans life and turn up to Apple and say I am this somewhat famous dead guy, give me his data. Too risky (for 10 attempts) and I don't see him doing it.

 

 

 

As history and studies have told us, pin numbers are rarely ever random numbers.  It always (almost) corresponds to something that has a meaning to the user.