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0 pointsadam1211y ago0 comments

It sounds like he/she is referring the the investigators who are saying that the only way to unlock the phones is to beat the hell out of the person who knows the password.

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csandreasen11y ago

He said beat the hell out of the locker, not the person. In this case I'd interpret his analogy to be a reference to brute force decryption.

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0 pointsadam1211y ago0 comments

It sounds like he/she is referring the the investigators who are saying that the only way to unlock the phones is to beat the hell out of the person who knows the password.

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csandreasen11y ago

He said beat the hell out of the locker, not the person. In this case I'd interpret his analogy to be a reference to brute force decryption.

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