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Title: Apple opposes judge's order to unlock iPhone used by San Bernardino attacker Post by: HCK on February 17, 2016, 09:00:15 pm Apple opposes judge's order to unlock iPhone used by San Bernardino attacker
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Updated at 12:56 a.m. Pacific to add Apple’s statement.</p><p> Apple was ordered Tuesday by a federal judge in California to provide assistance to the FBI to search a locked iPhone 5c that was used by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the terrorists said to have been involved in an attack in San Bernardino, California, on Dec. 2.</p><p> The government’s request under a statute called the All Writs Act will likely give a boost to attempts by law enforcement to look for vendor-provided backdoors (http://www.infoworld.com/article/2991276/encryption/us-will-not-seek-legislation-against-encryption.html) to encrypted devices and communications. </p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3034028/security/apple-ordered-to-assist-in-unlocking-iphone-used-by-san-bernardino-attacker.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple opposes judge's order to unlock iPhone used by San Bernardino attacker (http://www.macworld.com/article/3034028/security/apple-ordered-to-assist-in-unlocking-iphone-used-by-san-bernardino-attacker.html#tk.rss_all) |