Apple Can Extract Texts, Photos, Contacts From Locked iPhones

Trailrunner7 (1100399) writes "If law enforcement gets hold of your locked iPhone and has some interest in its contents, Apple can pull all kinds of content from the device, including texts, contacts, photos and videos, call history and audio recordings. The company said in a new document that provides guidance for law enforcement agencies on the kinds of information Apple can provide and what methods can be used to obtain it that if served with a search warrant, officials will help law enforcement agents extract specific application-specific data from a locked iOS device. However, that data appears to be limited to information related to Apple apps, such as iMessage, the contacts and the camera. Email contents and calendar data can't be extracted, the company said in the guidelines."

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alt: guys who built iphone know how it works.

[NemoinSpace]

MS on the other hand, really don't know how to build a filemanager for their phone, so they gave up.

Re:alt: guys who built iphone know how it works.

[ackthpt]

MS on the other hand, really don't know how to build a filemanager for their phone, so they gave up.

I'm honestly surprised when someone on MSDN knows the precise reason something works or does not, their own code probably looks like muck to them, too. Keep going through these exercises of "try this..."

OT - I'm not surprised. Is anyone surprise? Apple is the private sector equivalent to the NSA.