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San Bernadino D.A. Says Shooter's Phone Could Harbor "Cyber Pathogen" (theguardian.com)
Mr.Intel writes with the Guardian's report that : San Bernadino D.A. has a novel argument for why Apple should be forced to provide the FBI with tools to decrypt the iPhone once used by mass-shooter Syed Rizwan Farook: a "dormant cyber pathogen," he says, could have been unleashed by the county's electronic infrastructure, and only by examining the phone's content can any really be sure. From the article: The questionable claim comes from Ramos's amicus brief in the case, filed with the US District Court on Thursday afternoon. In it, Ramos supports the FBI's argument that Apple should be compelled to build a one-use version of its operating system to load on to the seized phone – used by the mass-murderer, but still technically property of his employer, San Bernardino county – in order to weaken the security and allow the Government to brute-force the shooter's passcode. ... Ramos said: 'The iPhone is a county owned telephone that may have connected to the San Bernardino County computer network. The seized iPhone may contain evidence that can only be found on the seized phone that it was used as a weapon to introduce a lying dormant cyber pathogen that endangers San Bernardino County's infrastructure and poses a continuing threat to the citizens of San Bernardino County'.
You don't have to read the news to know there's no way this is a serious possibility.
Perhaps the phone contains unicorns farting rainbows. I am sure that looking for unicorns would be good reason to crack the phone.
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
You remind me of the people who were so afraid of vaccines harming their kid, they didn't let the doctor vaccinate him and then the kid drowned in their backyard pool, because drowning is still actually the #1 cause of children under 5 dying.
You are so afraid of the terrorists trying to kill us by poisoning our water, that we spend trillions on trying to prevent it, which forces us to try to save a million dollars by switching a water source and poisoning water for tens of thousands of people.
You, uninformed citizen, are the number one leading cause of death, suffering and loss of freedom.
If programs would be read like poetry, most programmers would be Vogons.
Except a Trojan and a Virus are two entirely different types of malware.
Back to the topic though, the D.A. is talking out his ass regurgitating hollywood movie bullshit in an attempt to stir up fear in the ignorant masses to get what he wants. I bet he still believes computers run on pixie dust.