http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/23/fbi-to-apple-well-crack-the-terrorists-iphone-without-you/
The case until now has rested on whether the FBI and DoJ could force Apple to write software to defeat its own systems, even for a one-off event. Apple argued at the time that it wasn’t just a one-off kind of request, and that writing the software would damage its brand. That would still be true if the FBI gets Cellebrite to do it, but at least it doesn’t have the same legal baggage of forced production. That still seems unlikely to “end the high-stakes legal showdown.”
In fact, it might have the opposite effect. If the government can decrypt iPhones without Apple’s cooperation, that might let Apple off the hook with its consumers in the short run. However, it might also undermine Apple’s business case that its systems are hacker resistant, even if its management remains undaunted. It also puts the government in position of essentially funding and endorsing commercial hackers to Apple’s detriment. If anyone thinks Apple will let that slip by their lawyers, think again. That will also create an impulse to further harden the encryption, and we’ll eventually be back around to the same issue.
Apple might have a more difficult time with its “principled stance” because of Brussels than Cellebrite. Bloomberg’s tech panel discusses the FBI’s strategy, and the way in which terror attacks might erode Apple’s insistence that its own security transcends that of the US, and USA Today follows up as well:
Guess what company apple will not allow to sell things in their apple downloads?
Good. And when the crack it I hope they post the code on the internet and ping it to swordmakers list. And let Apple spend their last dime fighting in court.+
Here’s how much the FBI is paying Cellebrite for its iPhone hack—— $15,278
http://news.yahoo.com/much-fbi-paying-cellebrite-iphone-hack-191122870.html
In any event, it’s only natural to wonder how much the FBI is shelling out for an iPhone hack that will let them access the data tucked away in a locked iPhone. While you might assume that such information is a well-kept secret, the FBI, being a federal agency and all, can’t keep everything it does hidden away.
Originally spotted by Twitter user Zen Albatross, the FBI this past Monday signed a $15,278 contract with Cellebrite.
Diving deeper, the contract appears to be for work set to be conducted in Chicago, a tidbit which has led some to believe that the screenshot below is for other forensics work. Still it seems like a crazy coincidence that the FBI would sign a contract with Cellebrite for wholly unrelated technical work just one day after it revealed it may have found a way, without Apple’s help, into the terrorist’s locked iPhone. Also
It’s also worth noting that Cellebrite’s website specifically mentions that they possess the “unique capability” to unlock iOS devices running iOS 8.x “in a forensically sound manner and without any hardware intervention or risk of device wipe.” Interestingly, the company hasn’t mentioned if their methods work on iOS 9, which was what Syed Farook had installed on his iPhone 5c.
BDS strikes again. Oh, wait...
Poor elitist condescending Apple-defending freeper azzholes....
I could have told you this long ago
There are many companies that could do this with that one phone
The FBI wanted to make it so they could un-encrypt ANY phone