Wednesday, February 17, 2016

U.S. Orders Apple To Unlock iPhone Used by San Bernardino Gunman. Apple Will Oppose This Court Order



New York Times: Judge Tells Apple to Help Unlock iPhone Used by San Bernardino Gunman

WASHINGTON — A judge in California on Tuesday ordered Apple to help the F.B.I. unlock an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the assault in San Bernardino that killed 14 people in December.

The ruling handed the F.B.I. a potentially important victory in its long-running battle with Apple and other Silicon Valley companies over the government’s ability to get access to encrypted data in investigations. Apple has maintained that requiring it to provide the “keys” to its technology would compromise the security of the information of hundreds of millions of users.

The F.B.I. says that its experts have been unable to get into the iPhone 5c used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who was killed by the police along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, after they attacked Mr. Farook’s co-workers at a holiday gathering.

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WNU Editor: My prediction .... Apple will lose this court case.

More News On Apple Challenging A U.S. Court Order To Help Law Enforcement To Unlock The iPhone Used By The San Bernardino Gunman

Tim Cook Opposes Order for Apple to Unlock iPhone, Setting Up Showdown -- NYT
Apple vows to resist FBI demand to crack iPhone linked to San Bernardino attacks -- Washington Post
Apple Fights Order to Unlock San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone -- NBC
Tim Cook says Apple will fight US gov’t over court-ordered iPhone backdoor -- Ars Technica
Apple opposes judge's order to hack San Bernardino shooter's iPhone -- CNN
Apple challenges 'chilling' demand to decrypt San Bernardino shooter's iPhone -- The Guardian
Tim Cook: Apple will fight US demands to build an iPhone backdoor -- The Verge
Apple's CEO Tim Cook says firm will oppose iPhone court order -- USA Today
Tim Cook: Apple Won’t Create “Backdoor” To Unlock San Bernardino Attacker’s iPhone -- Tech Crunch
Here's why the FBI forcing Apple to break into an iPhone is a big deal -- USA Today

2 comments:

Bob Huntley said...

So why doesn't Apple just take the phone, get the information and give it to the FBI without compromising the integrity of their security?

Jay Farquharson said...

That's not what the FBI is asking for, nor is that what the Judge has ordered,

It's the keys to all Iphones in the world that the FBI is after.

WNU Editor,

Apple is probably not going to lose, but it will wind up spending a lot of time in various levels of Court.

It reminds me of the case of the Secure ISP provider in Utah, about a decade ago, who told the NSA to take a "flying leap", when they came knocking at his door.

The NSA took him to Court, kept losing, but they kept appealing.

He pointed out that he could no longer afford the legal costs, notified his customers and gave them two weeks notice, wiped the servers, then melted them down in an incinerator.

Apple's not short of either money, or lawyers.