ACLU Shows How the Apple-FBI Fight Was About Much More Than One Phone (theverge.com)
Russell Brandom reports for The Verge: Apple's San Bernardino fight may be over, but the government is still seeking both Apple and Google's help in unlocking phones. New research from the American Civil Liberties Union shows 63 different cases in which the government compelled help from Apple or Google in unlocking a handset. It's unclear how many of the orders were filled, although companies often complied with such orders where possible before last year. The bulk of the cases target Apple, but nine of the orders also look to compel Google's help, typically to reset the password on a given device. The devices include phones from Alcatel, Kyocera, and Samsung, many of which shipped without the default device encryption that blocked the use of traditional forensic tools in the San Bernardino case.
Simply because the FBI says they "cracked an iPhone 5c does not mean they actually did. More likely is they did not but knew that they would lose the case and didn't want to set a precedence. They knew very well that in all likelihood, the iPhone contained nothing. The terrorists used burner phone which they destroyed, why would they use a work issued phone at all for anything but work?
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