I just taught my Computer Security class how to generate RSA public/private keys and encrypt messages. They each generated a unique encryption key and can keep generating unique encryption keys until they run out of random numbers. Would the FBI try to compel me to break that encryption?

http://fortune.com/2017/11/18/is-the-government-waging-an-out-of-sight-fight-with-apple-on-encryption/?xid=gn_editorspicks&google_editors_picks=true

Is the Government Waging an Out-of-Sight Fight With Apple on Encryption?

The Justice Department and Apple have been locked in a bitter fight for years over the company’s encryption system, which allows consumers to prevent anyone —including law enforcement—from opening their devices without permission. That’s why a security story this week should be getting more attention than it has.

Titled “Yup: The Government Is Secretly Hiding Its Crypto Battles In The Secret FISA Court,” the story appeared on the well-regarded security blog EmptyWheel, and suggests the Justice Department is using a legal backdoor to force open software backdoors at companies like Apple.

The details are complex and require some familiarity with the FISC, a closed court that oversees top secret intelligence operations, and with Section 702, an amendment to the Patriot Act that permits certain forms of warrantless surveillance. But the gist of the story is this: The Justice Department may be relying on an annual approval process at the FISC to compel “technical assistance” from Apple and others, and this assistance may include the breaking of encryption.

… The over-arching issue raised by EmptyWheel is not whether citizens should have the right to deploy unbreakable encryption (there are good arguments on each side), but instead that the government may be settling the debate in secret. The issue of encryption is too important to be stuffed into secret court proceedings. Let’s hope the Justice Department finds a way to debate this in the open.

“Oh he looks just like you!” Time for plastic surgery?

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/215718/20171115/a-10-year-old-used-face-id-to-unlock-his-moms-iphone-x-will-all-families-have-the-same-problem.htm

A 10-Year-Old Used Face ID To Unlock His Mom's iPhone X: Will All Families Have The Same Problem?

… Attaullah Malik uploaded a video that demonstrated how his 10-year-old son, Ammar Malik, was able to unlock the iPhone X of his wife, Sana Sherwani, through the Face ID feature.

According to Apple, there is a roughly one in 1 million chance that a random person will be able to unlock somebody else's iPhone X using their face. However, things are different in the cases of twins, siblings, and children under the age of 13 years old.