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Old 18-07-2008, 10:20 AM
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Wow after reading the full description of this book, it seems that one would never, ever want to lose an iPhone...
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iPhone Forensics gives IT professionals, security personnel, and law enforcement the knowledge needed to conduct forensic analysis of an iPhone. This book shows the reader how to recover sensitive information from the device and perform disaster recovery, and walks the reader through various scenarios for recovering different types of information. With this guide, the reader will be able to effectively recover live, lost, or deleted email, photos, voicemail, Google Maps searches, typing cache, and other sensitive data retained by the iPhone. The reader will learn advanced techniques including data recovery, properly preserving and preparing evidence, and technical techniques such as bypassing basic passcode security or recovering data even after a full restore (by say, a disgruntled employee). Finally, the reader will learn how to properly wipe an iPhone clean of all data for resale or reissue - something Apple's own restore process fails to do.
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Old 18-07-2008, 10:53 AM
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Sounds like an awesome book to me
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Old 18-07-2008, 10:56 AM
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Not sure if it's going to be accurate for the new software though. The V2 software gives IT departments the ability to wipe all data from the iPhone. (allegedly)
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Old 18-07-2008, 10:57 AM
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I believe that the new firmware does properly clean the iPhone.

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2 hours.. sounds like a secure wipe to me.
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Old 18-07-2008, 11:14 AM
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Is there any way for home users to remotely wipe your iPhone if it was lost or stolen?
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Old 18-07-2008, 11:17 AM
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Not sure if it's going to be accurate for the new software though. (allegedly)
Should be:

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Rough Cuts Release: July 2008
Print Book Release: November 2008
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Old 18-07-2008, 11:35 AM
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i think if you watch the iphone 2.0 keynot they talk about the remote wipe being a secure erase.

like it overwrites the data 7 times or something like that. so its fully gone
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Old 18-07-2008, 11:44 AM
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I'm all for anything that helps to improve security on devices. If this gives Apple a kick up the bum and gets them to improve security on the iPhone, great!
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Old 18-07-2008, 11:57 AM
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I did look at that, but it sounds like it's been done before the release. I don't think it's kosher.
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Old 18-07-2008, 12:04 PM
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I did look at that, but it sounds like it's been done before the release. I don't think it's kosher.
Well, I'm not paying for an old book then.
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Old 18-07-2008, 12:08 PM
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Well, I'm not paying for an old book then.
$20 for an 80 page book seems a bit steep to me too.

And I think that this is fair evidence that it's based on the old firmware:

"The materials included in this book have been used by over 200 law enforcement agencies worldwide and are now available for private sector investigators and englightened geeks."

Unless they have been very, very busy in a week I think that it makes things certain.
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