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Apple remains in dark on how FBI hacked iPhone without help
townhall.com ^ | 3/30/2016 | Tami Abdollah

Posted on 03/30/2016 5:56:43 AM PDT by rktman

The FBI's announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc., as consumers learned that they can't keep the government out of even an encrypted device that U.S. officials had claimed was impossible to crack. Apple, meanwhile, remains in the dark about how to restore the security of its flagship product.

The government said it was able to break into an iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting in California, but it didn't say how. That puzzled Apple software engineers — and outside experts — about how the FBI broke the digital locks on the phone without Apple's help. It also complicated Apple's job repairing flaws that jeopardize its software.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: cellphones; hackers
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Hmmmm. Fourteen year old hacker someplace?
1 posted on 03/30/2016 5:56:43 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Apple lied and is now feigning surprise and ignorance.


2 posted on 03/30/2016 5:57:32 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: rktman

Apple likely knows exactly how the FBI broke into the phone.


3 posted on 03/30/2016 5:58:14 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: rktman

WHat’s funny is now Apple is “demanding” that the FBI show them how it was done...LOL


4 posted on 03/30/2016 5:58:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: rktman

An Israeli front organization for Mossad cracked the code. They’ve been breaking into muzzie cell phones for years.


5 posted on 03/30/2016 6:00:52 AM PDT by batterycommander
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To: batterycommander

Another reason to turn our backs on Israel? /s


6 posted on 03/30/2016 6:07:22 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

Payback’s a bitch.


7 posted on 03/30/2016 6:08:14 AM PDT by McGruff (Somebody has been copulating.)
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To: rktman

They got lucky?


8 posted on 03/30/2016 6:10:59 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I got nothin'.)
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To: BlueStateRightist

Apple, Microsoft etal have been in bed with NSA and other federal agencies for many years.

Their claims of protecting consumer privacy are total and complete lies.

You have _no_ reasonable expectation of privacy.

Fuggedaboutit.


9 posted on 03/30/2016 6:15:23 AM PDT by cgbg (Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

The secret code was 1234


10 posted on 03/30/2016 6:15:54 AM PDT by refermech
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To: rktman

Israeli’s.


11 posted on 03/30/2016 6:17:25 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Cruz=VAT tax= No thanks.)
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To: refermech

the password was....password!


12 posted on 03/30/2016 6:20:24 AM PDT by mouse1 (Je Suis Trump)
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To: rktman

1) I think Apple knows how to get into this and any other of their phones.

2) I support their stance on not helping Uncle Fingers get into their device.

3) Of course they ask the FBI how they did it; it has to sound plausible that they feign ignorance on the method used.

4) There is always the possibility that they did help the FBI but that would be a losing game for Apple once it got out.


13 posted on 03/30/2016 6:22:04 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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Nothing mysterious at all. Cellebrite of Israel, actually owned by Japanese.


14 posted on 03/30/2016 6:23:00 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: cgbg

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/microsoft-programmed-in-nsa-backdoor-in-windows-by-1999.html

The NSA access system is built into every version of the Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows 95 (and its predecessors).


15 posted on 03/30/2016 6:24:11 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: rktman

The FBI has had 9 years to work on hacking iPhones. Surely they learned something along the way. This is the biggest non-story of the year.


16 posted on 03/30/2016 6:24:56 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: BlueStateRightist
It will not be a secret long.

The FBI will arrange for the hack to be “accidentally” made public and Apple users will be hacked to the point that Apple will take steps to block the hacks.

As for my opinion, I said I would never own one. All I want is a telephone, but to show my respect for Apple's decision not to be bullied, I bought the most expensive Iphone they make.

We would be so much better off is other major corporations would tell the government to stuff it. Instead because they are terrified at the possibility of tax audits, OSHA audits, EPA harassment, blacklisted from government contracts, NLRB rules, etc., they give up their rights and sadly ours as well.

17 posted on 03/30/2016 6:25:08 AM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: cgbg

My thoughts exactly. My guess is a backroom deal was struck between the FBI and Apple to quietly make the issue go away. Apple (and its shareholders) don’t need bad publicity. No matter which side of this issue one is on, one has to appreciate that protecting the privacy of a dead terrorist doesn’t play well with many potential Apple customers.


18 posted on 03/30/2016 6:26:41 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: refermech
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19 posted on 03/30/2016 6:27:32 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I got nothin'.)
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To: rktman

Its BS. the FBI determined that the value of the data had depreciated so much it was not worth the fight. The scare to the iPhone users, however, was worth a lot more. Hence, the false claim of success.


20 posted on 03/30/2016 6:30:48 AM PDT by anton
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