A newly developed tool aimed at cracking the code of Apple iPhones is being pursued or already in the hands of several Bay Area law enforcement agencies. While facial recognition, fingerprint and passcodes may seem secure, there’s a new way for police to get around it.
GrayKey was developed by Georgia-based GrayShift in 2017 and, according to company documents, is capable of unlocking any iPhone, even those that are disabled or those that have the newest versions of iOS software.
Apple is actively updating software to fix its security vulnerabilities, as GrayShift is also advancing with a plan to give police access to your personal information. (KTVU 2 News, July 19, 2018)
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GrayKey is not a new story. I wrote about the security risks posed by GrayKey and similar devices in March 2018. This is less a battle between law enforcement and criminals, and more of a battle between the rights of American people to be free from government surveillance and the need of government to access protected data for law enforcement and national security purposes.
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