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Title: Apple exec: Newer iPhones aren't immune to FBI backdoor concerns Post by: HCK on February 23, 2016, 09:00:15 am Apple exec: Newer iPhones aren't immune to FBI backdoor concerns
<article> <section class="page"> <p>By now, you probably know that the FBI wants Apple to build a “backdoor” (http://www.macworld.com/article/3034355/ios/why-the-fbis-request-to-apple-will-affect-civil-rights-for-a-generation.html) that circumvents some passcode security features on iOS in order to get to data stored on an iPhone 5c as part of its investigation into the San Bernardino terrorist attack.</p><p>The iPhone 5c is an older model and it lacks some security features, such as Touch ID and the Secure Enclave present in newer models like the iPhone 6 and 6s. But what about those newer models? Could Apple conceivably be forced into building a backdoor for those phones, too? The answer, it seems, is “yes.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3035638/government/apple-exec-newer-iphones-arent-immune-to-fbi-backdoor-concerns.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple exec: Newer iPhones aren't immune to FBI backdoor concerns (http://www.macworld.com/article/3035638/government/apple-exec-newer-iphones-arent-immune-to-fbi-backdoor-concerns.html#tk.rss_all) |