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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I can see it now... by ZorinLynx · 2016-02-16 13:26 · Score: 5, Insightful

"Judge orders arsonist to unburn-down house"
Good luck with that.
1. Re:I can see it now... by ShaunC · 2016-02-16 16:55 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Presumably they want info on who they where talking to. If the shooters had accomplices, the FBI wants to know who they are.
  If only we had an agency who is (lawfully or otherwise) intercepting every electronic signal known to mankind, who could be consulted when national security concerns arise...
  
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  Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!
Re:Where's my tinfoil hat? by TsuruchiBrian · 2016-02-16 14:39 · Score: 5, Insightful

Apple has nothing to gain (and everything to lose) by actually having a back door. Apple doesn't make money by spying on people.