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Re: So What's Up with MacLockPick?
From: der Mouse <mouse () rodents montreal qc ca>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:05:52 -0400 (EDT)
Imagine if you had a tool that when plugged into a Mac, can extract passwords for [...]. That's the MacLockPick. It's pretty neat if you're the one doing the extracting, but very scary if you're the one being extracted from.
It's scary enough that it exists at all; it means the affected encryption software is catastrophically busted. Makes me glad I've written my own crypto tools. :-)
However, it's only available to federal and state law enforcement officials as well as licensed investigators,
Yeah, right. Any guesses how long *that* will remain true?
So unless your uncle's a professional snooper, you won't be able to get your hands on one of these.
Whereas criminal elements will lie as necessary, or even just outright steal them. Like so many things, this unavailability will hamper only legitimate users.... /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse () rodents montreal qc ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- So What's Up with MacLockPick? Fergie (Apr 27)
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