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Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody (buzzfeed.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The Apple ID password linked to the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists was changed less than 24 hours after the government took possession of the device, senior Apple executives said Friday. If that hadn't happened, Apple said, a backup of the information the government was seeking may have been accessible.

Had that password not been changed, the executives said, the government would not need to demand the company create a 'backdoor' to access the iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook, who died in a shootout with law enforcement after a terror attack in California that killed 14 people. The Department of Justice filed a motion to compel the company to do that earlier Friday.

3 of 435 comments (clear)

  1. Someone at the health Dept knows the password... by RY · · Score: 3, Funny

    Might I suggest Enhanced interrogation for the entire health department, I hear it is still legal.

  2. Apple's motives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    From TFA:

    "The Apple senior executives also pushed back on the government’s arguments that Apple’s actions were a marketing ploy, saying they were instead based on their love for the country and desire not to see civil liberties tossed aside."

    (sniff, sniff. wipes tears)

  3. Re: Not sure I understand this. by Aighearach · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sorry, he's speaking a regional American dialect. Allow me to translate it into Cosmopolitan English:

    Waaaaaaaaa the President is black and nobody stopped it from happening waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ... death of America... hippies ... Carter ... Pinko Apple Commies