Posted on 03/28/2016 3:36:30 PM PDT by McGruff
The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it has successfully accessed data stored on the iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino gunman without Apple's help, ending the court case against the tech company.
The surprise development effectively ends a pitched court battle between Apple and the Obama administration.
The government told a federal court Monday, without any details, that it accessed data on gunman Syed Farook's iPhone and no longer requires Apple's assistance.
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A U.S. magistrate last month ordered Apple to provide the FBI with software to help it hack into Farook’s work-issued iPhone. The order touched off a debate pitting digital privacy rights against national security concerns.
BS , Apple caved. FBI promised to not make them look bad.
I am glad they were able to do it without Apple’s help. It was kind of embarrassing that they had to ask.
Oops. The FBI can now hack IPhones at will. Mebbe Apple should have cooperated after all, and kept control of the methodology.
Yep. And many will fall for it, even here : )
More likely because the court told the FBI they COULDN’T force Apple to write any S/W to break their phone.
https://www.rt.com/usa/334033-judge-rules-against-fbi-apple/
I like your explanation “ kabuki theater” much better
the fruit CEO is gonna have a good cry over this one.
good!
They are lying.
I guess that means the terrorist used a 4 or 6 digit numeric only passcode....luckily for the FBI!
They finally called in the guy from the mailroom.
Probably hired a 14 year old....college tuition, a Mercedes at age 16 and $1000,000 cash at age 21.
APPLE is now more like a jihadist protective company than one concerned with the security of America and its customers.
I wonder how many American victims of terrorism have an Apple product. The those survivors of terrorism should sue them for not helping to prevent attacks.
Now I’d like to be the lawyer on that lawsuit!
“BS , Apple caved. FBI promised to not make them look bad.”
Maybe, but the fact is the Apple system isn’t that hard to break into once the FBI had physical possession of the iPhone.
They found the code to this written on a USB drive, while sipping on a Coke at the Metreon...SOS
“Apple caved. FBI promised to not make them look bad.”
I agree.Apple lines up an Apple expert that knows how to hack the phone and the FBI hires him as a “consultant” without admitting the complicity with Apple. FBI gets what they want while Apple commercially gets to project that the Iphone is still secure.
;)
They better find something helpful or Apple will be the winner here. If they find nothing then it was a huge waste of tax payer money.
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