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286 points joegibbs | 5 comments | | HN request time: 0.406s | source
1. tlyleung ◴[] No.42143850[source]
I get that a locked phone needs to have everything already in memory, but what technical hurdles are stopping Apple from making a locked phone as secure as a rebooted phone?
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2. Shank ◴[] No.42143939[source]
In the BFU state, notification previews, contact information for incoming calls, and other user-specific data is locked because it’s not decrypted. These things would also change the user experience dramatically, so that’s why Apple doesn’t do it.
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4. ghostpepper ◴[] No.42144081[source]
There's a good discussion of how this is implemented cryptographically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGFriOKz6U
5. oarsinsync ◴[] No.42144776[source]
> what technical hurdles are stopping Apple from making a locked phone as secure as a rebooted phone

I think the hurdles are not technical, but based around user experience.