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| Judge orders Apple to help unlock iPhone used by Kalifornia Killers | |
| 2016-02-17 | |
| [WashingtonPost] A federal judge has ordered Apple to help the government unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters who carried out the Dec. 2 San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist attacks after the government said that the firm failed to provide assistance voluntarily. Apple has steadfastly maintained that it is unable to unlock its newer iPhones for law enforcement, even when officers obtain a warrant, because they are engineered in such a way that Apple does not hold the decryption key. Only the phone's user ‐ or someone who knew the password ‐ would be able to unlock the phone.
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| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #11 If Apple DID buckle and create a backdoor, I do not trust any government agency to not mishandle and abuse that capability. None. Anything is possible, even a purportedly impossible to create backdoor. How likely is an entirely different question. So is how costly. The judge should not be a sitting judge. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2016-02-17 20:56 |
| #10 No, A Judge Did Not Just Order Apple To Break Encryption On San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone, But To Create A New Backdoor I doubt it will happen. |
| Posted by: newc 2016-02-17 17:16 |
| #9 ^ their = there 8^( |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-02-17 17:08 |
| #8 Spent 30+ years in the biz and I know that their are some things that are just not reversible in the normal universe. No matter how many times you crank it in reverse the meat grinder ain't turning the sausage back into a pig. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-02-17 17:07 |
| #7 Brute force attack should succeed, the only question is the real world cost to implement it. Now is the Judge demanding this service for free? Rhetorical question... ;-) |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-02-17 13:10 |
| #6 Because it's not secure, like they promised, then drug lords, terrorists, and other criminals will find some non-Apple communications gear. Apple sales will fall, like the Newton. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-02-17 12:34 |
| #5 They can advertise as the dIrkaphone. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-02-17 11:20 |
| #4 There isn't an Apple building within a mile of Ft. Meade? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-17 11:03 |
| #3 Apple has publicly stated they can't do it. Now they have to say it under oath. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-02-17 10:54 |
| #2 Dear Judge - "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." - 13th Amendment. If the process doesn't exist, then you are doing said act. However, such tyranny from the bench is becoming all too common. Long past the time of term limits for such members of the ruling caste. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-02-17 09:38 |
| #1 Apple doesn't have a back door ask the Chinese manufacturers or Intel service. I bet they do |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-02-17 08:49 |