I stumbled across this product over at macmod.com and instantly felt sick to my stomach. Sure, we’re more secure then windows, sure I can get viruses, sure OS X is the greatest OS ever built, but a usb key that rapes my machine and steals your dignity along the way is enough to make anyone want to throw up.
Once the MacLockPick software is run it will extract data from the Apple Keychain and system settings to provide the examiner fast access to the suspect’s critical information, that may otherwise be rendered unreadable by modern encryption programs, with as little interaction or trace as possible.
Ugh, I just threw up a little in my mouth. The funniest thing about this is that it’s not for “consumer” use, and only cops can buy it. Yeah, because there is no such thing as corrupt cops, who use their power to help out some buddies. What a joke!
I tend to agree with the commenter on the macmod post. It’s only a matter of time before this gets onto ebay, or someone decompiles it and throws up the source code on some popular torrent sites. Looks like I’ll be locking my mac in my coldwar bunker every time I leave the house.
July 6th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Yea, why should the law enforcement organizations pay $499 for it when they can just wait for the reverse engineered freebie to show up for download on the Internet? Just a matter of time.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:52 am
These sorts of tools are created all the time. Security professionals use them in penetration tests all the time…. there's a whole LEGITIMATE industry around this.
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July 6th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Security professionals might have them, hackers might have them… but those damn script kiddies don't…and now we're one step closer to those idiots trying to prove just how L33T they are on my laptop.
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