“This is not a happy talk. Apple has made things way harder for us.” “This likely took a couple of afternoons to implement”

@AmarSaar here to destroy MTE by examples 🤩 Hello MTE

Cellebrite was proud to provide sponsorship for the amazing @pb_ctf that took place a few weeks back. We also took upon the challenge of judging "best write-up" for an extra cash award. There were some great write-up finalists this year, and we absolutely enjoyed reading them 🤓 I am delighted to announce the winning write-up by @hgarrereyn for the awesome complexity-theory "Not Password" challenge ctf.harrisongreen.me/2021/pbctf/not…
100% educational, complete with annotated background, appropriate meme usage, interesting storyline and cool visuals 🔥 Read it now 👇

*Mixed Signals*
I don't care much to revisit the Signal fiasco which mainly revolves around unfortunately misguided reporting; mistakes were made with wording and clarity and we need to own them.
however I need to vent out a couple of comments before signing off: Some have dismissed the article's content as "embarrassing", and let me be clear - I disagree. I am proud of the technical merit in the article when taken in context, which is an educational write-up targeted at forensic examiners, providing transparency about the tools they use.

Story time –
I’m hanging out at Schönefeld Airport waiting for the flight back from CCC. Wife calls, we chat for a few mins and the call disconnects.
I dismiss it with a “oh well, crazy cell tower.”

3 mins later, wife calls frantically: “ARE YOU OKAY?!” 🤔 - “uhh, yeah, what’s wrong?”
- “ok, I just thought you were kidnapped or in some distress. You started repeating your answers very calmly and I was sure you were trying to signal me something”
- “oh wow, that’s pretty crazy!” 😯