The news comes as The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reports that the Justice Department and FBI have renewed their efforts to force tech companies to implement encryption backdoors into consumer products, meaning authorities could more reliably gain access to devices.
Grayshift’s iPhone product, dubbed GrayKey, can unlock devices running versions of Apple’s latest mobile operating system iOS 11, according to marketing material obtained by Forbes . An online version of GrayKey which allows 300 unlocks costs $15,000 (which boils down to $50 per device), and an offline capability with unlimited uses is $30,000. According to a recent post from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, which obtained leaked details on GrayKey, the product itself is a small, four inch by four inch box, and two iPhones can be connected at once via lightning cables. Malwarebytes adds that the time it takes to unlock a device varies depending on the strength of the user’s passcode: it may be hours or days. Notably, Grayshift includes an ex-Apple engineer on its staff.