Judge Tells Apple To Help FBI Access San Bernardino Shooters' iPhone (engadget.com)

Posted by whipslash on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:24PM from the slippery-slope dept.

An anonymous reader writes: After a couple shot 14 people in San Bernardino, CA before being killed themselves on December 2nd, the authorities recovered a locked iPhone. Since then, the FBI has complained it is unable to break the device's encryption, in a case that it has implied supports its desire for tech companies to make sure it can always have a way in. Today the Associated Press reports that a US magistrate judge has directed Apple to help the FBI find a way in. According to NBC News, the model in question is an iPhone 5c, but Apple has said that at least as of iOS 8 it does not have a way to bypass the passcode on a locked phone.

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Let's also order the gun manufacturer by Anonymous Coward · 2016-02-16 13:35 · Score: 5, Funny

to revive the dead people.
The code is.... by ChadSmith4920 · 2016-02-16 13:41 · Score: 4, Funny

Unlock code: 072 (Virgins)
Re:I can see it now... by binarylarry · 2016-02-16 13:43 · Score: 4, Funny

Its pretty trivial to use this technique with Visual Basic, once you've identified the iOS device's IP address, you're home free.

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Re: I can see it now... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-02-16 16:13 · Score: 5, Funny

They want to make it somewhat realistic ...