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LAPD Hacked An iPhone 5s Before The FBI Hacked San Bernardino Terrorist's iPhone 5c (latimes.com)
According to recently released court papers, Los Angeles police investigators found a way to break into a locked iPhone 5s belonging to April Jace, the slain wife of "The Shield" actor Michael Jace. The detectives were able to bypass the security at around the same time period the FBI was demanding Apple unlock the iPhone 5c belonging to San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook. LAPD detective Connie Zych wrote on March 18, the department found a "forensic cellphone expert" who could "override the locked iPhone function," according to the search warrant. There's no mention of how the LAPD broke into the iPhone or what OS the iPhone was running (Note: iOS 8, which features improved encryption and security features, came out months after the killing). The information stored on the iPhone should help in the criminal case against Jace's husband, who is charged with the May 19, 2014, killing.
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I just looked it up because of this article, that was nearly a full 2 years ago. I imagine several significant holes in iOS have likely been patched by now.
Apple are seemingly getting close to having an airtight phone, assuming you have it locked of course with a reasonable pass / pin. This seems like a good thing for the consumer.
IOS 8 was released Sept of 2014. Or four months after the killing.
The phone would have been running iOS 7at best.
Let's have a big headline and dupe idiots into thinking it was hard.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.