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To: MayflowerMadam
I can’t imagine that the manufacturer would deny helping in this instance.

Really? Apple wouldn't help get into the San Bernardino shooter's phone and said it was impossible. Then the FBI paid a hacker who broke into it.

107 posted on 11/07/2017 4:12:39 PM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: libertylover

Then the FBI paid a hacker who broke into it.


It is not hard. Clone the hard drive on the phone, then start a brute force hack on the clone. After 10 tries, the clone self-destructs. Rinse and repeat. Most phones are only secured with a 4 digit locking code, so it is not a big deal.


114 posted on 11/07/2017 4:59:44 PM PST by Flick Lives (The FBI is a taxpayer funded Mafia organization)
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To: libertylover
Then the FBI paid a hacker who broke into it.

That was the story then again Hillary didndonuffin.

136 posted on 11/07/2017 5:36:59 PM PST by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: libertylover
Really? Apple wouldn't help get into the San Bernardino shooter's phone and said it was impossible. Then the FBI paid a hacker who broke into it.

Apple did not say it was "Impossible." Apple refused to comply with an "All Writs Court Order" to create a FBiOS version of iOS they could install on the iPhone 5c that would bypass the count-down passcode lock-out which would erase the data on the phone and then GIVE them the new OS which would unlock the entire class of iOS devices.

Not only was this an impermissible use of the All Writs Order under law, which is supposed to be used only to require a business to do something it ALREADY DOES in its normal course of business (Apple does not make custom operating systems), it cannot be used to force a business to destroy its business model. In addition, there was existing FEDERAL LAW prohibiting the courts from ordering any telecommunications carrier or manufacturer from bypassing any security or encryption installed on a device, software, or system to aid any law enforcement agency or department. This Law, passed by Congress in 1993, had already been tested by a case brought before the US Supreme Court and found constitutional. . .and in fact was passed to ASSIST law enforcement, but as part of a compromise to prevent the Courts from second guessing technology development. Apple was RIGHT to refuse.

162 posted on 11/07/2017 8:15:56 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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