Normally, to change a password, you first use that password to gain access to the system. Then you change the password from there.
So that means the government had the password from the beginning, and since a county IT worker changed it within 24 hours, the government must also have the new password.
So the FBI had the unlocked phone info immediately, and still had access to the phone through the new password.
So what, exactly, does Apple have to do with any of this?
Why not get the new pass code from the County? Did the county refuse? Did they take the county to court? It would seem to be the path of least resistance. Was IT guy charged with obstruction? Did the magistrate even know about this?
Inquiring minds want to know. The bottom line: did the FBI lie when they told the court going after Apple was the only way they had of getting into this phone?
That’s a darn good question.
Why am I not amazed the government has made a total hash of this investigation thru their incompetence. This same government literally thru the door open to the SB terrorist’s apartment to the press days after the attack, resulting in contamination of any evidence that was in the apartment. That level of incompetence borders on the criminal.
Apple is a target. Two left coast cites(in NY & CA natch) are already trying to pass a bill to make it illegal to sell devices that can’t be cracked.
If this info is true, and given the way this administration operates, then this is(was) a PR ploy on the part of the government to strip away more of our liberties.