MacLockPick Pulls Private Data Via USB Port

By Nick Mokey Published April 26, 2007

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Lock up your MacBooks, Apple fans: SubRosaSoft announced Friday that they are shipping a USB thumb drive, dubbed MacLockPick, that can extract passwords, Internet history, and system settings from an OS X user just by slipping it into a USB drive.

Of course, the drive is only available to law enforcement, but we have to wonder if the same technology that powers it will ever become available to less scrupulous individuals.

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The MacLockPick pulls every scrap of private information off an OS X computer. Investigators can find everything from the user password of whoever is logged in to the most recently viewed movies in QuickTime, and everything in between. Even the serial numbers of iPods that have been connected to the computer get copied down.

According to SubRosaSoft, the device is intended for investigators to discretely pop into a suspect’s computer to perform live forensics. Once the data is harvested, it’s all compiled into a database that is viewable using common log readers “back at base.”

Licensed investigators can pick up a MacLockPick for $499.95, but discounts are available to local, state and federal law enforcement. Let’s hope Dog the Bounty Hunter gets one next season to complement his handcuffs and bear mace.

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