White House: FBI is not asking Apple for a 'backdoor' to the iPhone<article>
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The White House said it is not the aim of the government to compromise the security of Apple’s iPhone, as it only wants the company to help in the case of one phone that was used by a terrorist in the San Bernardino, California, attack on Dec. 2.</p><p>
Google, Mozilla and some other tech organizations and civil rights groups have meanwhile supported Apple’s stand.</p><p>
An order by a judge in California on Tuesday triggered off a
furious response from Apple CEO Tim Cook, who said the government wanted the company to provide a backdoor to its phones. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered Apple to provide assistance, including by providing signed software if required, to help the FBI try different passcodes on a locked iPhone 5c running iOS 9, without triggering the auto-erasure feature in the phone after 10 failed attempts.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3034600/security/white-house-fbi-is-not-asking-apple-for-a-backdoor-to-the-iphone.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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White House: FBI is not asking Apple for a 'backdoor' to the iPhone
