It wasn’t an error, it was done on purpose.
They claim they can’t get to the info on the phone to explain the missing 18 minutes (the time after the shootings and before the couple is executed while driving their rented SUV around the area aimlessly).
They know what was on the phone. Which was either ‘nothing’, or indications that the couple were not alone (the third shooter). It was a business phone. The couple had two cell phone which they destroyed. Those had something on them. Not this one.
But the FBI needs an excuse for not having to explain why the couple didn’t just flee the area.
Besides, Apple already said they would ‘unlock’ the phone.
Our ‘government’ wants Apple to give the FBI a tool to hack any Apple phone, any time. That is what Apple is refusing to provide.
‘That is what Apple is refusing to provide.’
I am really glad Apple stuck to their guns!
That is not quite an accurate statement, UCANSEE2.
Apple said they "could"— meaning it was within their abilities with some work— 'unlock' the phone.
Apple actually has not 'unlocked' any of the later iPhones they have received for Search Warrants in the past. They've retrieved the un-encrypted data that was on those iPhones, which was limited, that was within reach of their abilities. Earlier iPhones, iPhone 4 and earlier, were totally unencrypted and therefore the data were fully recoverable. iPhone 4s and above was beginning to be less recoverable as encryption became more user controlled with the A5 processor.