Posted on 03/24/2016 1:37:14 PM PDT by dennisw
Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesday.
If Cellebrite succeeds, then the FBI will no longer need the help of Apple Inc (AAPL.O), the Israeli daily said, citing unnamed industry sources.
Cellebrite officials declined to comment on the matter.
Apple is engaged in a legal battle with the U.S. Justice Department over a judge's order that it write new software to disable passcode protection on the iPhone used by the shooter.
The two sides were set to face off in court on Tuesday, but on Monday a federal judge agreed to the government's request to postpone the hearing after U.S. prosecutors said a "third party" had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone.
The development could bring an abrupt end to the high-stakes legal showdown which has become a lightning rod for a broader debate on data privacy in the United States.
Cellebrite, a subsidiary of Japan's Sun Corp (6736.T), has its revenue split between two businesses: a forensics system used by law enforcement, military and intelligence that retrieves data hidden inside mobile devices and technology for mobile retailers.
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You either believe in the concept of a legal search warrant or you don't. Apple thinks they're above the law, especially in their rather unhinged quest to protect terrorists.
Sarcastically... and they have a program that even they cannot break into, yet...someone, or some corporation can, and they don’t know how they did it ... But, your probably right.
This whole’thing has been one big mess, exponentially made worse by the obama administration running these agencies.
Except that the government, even with a warrant, cannot compel someone to perform work.
Apple has never created the software that the FBI wants– it does not exist.
Apple's position is that they will not be compelled to perform work, and they will not subject all users to the exposure that creating an entry into the phone in question will create.
Because of the current administration, there are very few places in this world that are free from government intrusion. If you don't have a problem with the FBI in this case, I'd suggest you're on the wrong website.
As far as the unhackability of this Apple Phone goes——ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!
How so?
No, that would be like asking them to provide a master key to any house
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