FBI May Be Opening A Security Hole To Federal Agencies (computerworld.com)

Lucas123 writes: In its rush to gather information, the FBI blew its chance to retrieve data from the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists when it ordered his iCloud passcode to be reset shortly after the attacks. Now in its fervor to force Apple to create software that can break its own encryption algorithm, the FBI may be opening a security hole to federal agencies. Over the past four years, the federal government has largely shifted its use of mobile devices from Blackberry to iPhones. One major reason for that is -- you guessed it -- the strong native security. If Apple creates an iPhone skeleton key, it not only threatens the public's privacy, but the security of the federal government as well.

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Re: "skeleton key"

[AHuxley]

AC the "revoke" issue wont work to try and keep it for "one" physical. The request is for code that is on a drive that is given to the US gov. The computer code can then be used to open product lines at a state and federal level.
The code as a method on a computer hard drive is been conscripted for a generation of phones, not one physical phone.
Again the House Committee on the Judiciary Hearings, The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy (Streamed live on Mar 1, 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
4:44 and onto 4:45 has the details on the request made.
Tool was to be put on a hard drive.
Hard drive with the new tool was to be sent to US gov.
A gov computer would then perform the task. Portable, reusable.
More details at (March 2, 2016)
http://nypost.com/2016/03/02/f...
"“The request we got from the government in this case is, ‘Take this tool and put it on a hard drive, send it to the FBI,’ and they’d load it onto their computer,”"