FBI could have unlock iPhone 5c without Apple’s help in under two days
It turns out the FBI could have beaten Apple’s ten-try limit to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5c using cheap and easily available tools.
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The FBI paid more than $1 million to hack the San Bernardino iPhone
FBI Director James Comey still won't say who hacked the San Bernardino iPhone for the FBI, or how the hack works, but we now know it was expensive.
Susie Ochs | 22 Apr | Read more
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FBI takes heat for keeping iPhone hack details under wraps
Criticism is mounting as the agency is reportedly trying its iPhone cracking method on more devices.
Caitlin McGarry | 02 Apr | Read more
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Apple vs. FBI: How iOS 8 changed everything
The battle over iPhone encryption began 18 months ago, Bloomberg reports.
Caitlin McGarry | 22 Mar | Read more
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Obama on encryption: 'It's fetishizing our phones above every other value'
At South by Southwest Interactive, President Obama warned that taking an "absolutist stance" on privacy vs. encryption isn't the right answer.
Caitlin McGarry | 12 Mar | Read more
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Apple's top counsel to tell Congress, 'Encryption is a necessary thing'
Senior VP and General Counsel Bruce Sewell will argue that keeping our data safe actually protects us from "thieves and terrorists," not the other way around.
Susie Ochs | 01 Mar | Read more
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Report: Apple's rushing to close iPhone hack opening after FBI decryption demand
Apple doesn't want to be in the iPhone hacking business and is looking to close the vulnerability at the center of its current fight with the FBI.
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Apple's legal strategy: Software is free speech, and Congress should decide
Is code protected by the First Amendment? Apple will argue that it does.
Caitlin McGarry | 25 Feb | Read more
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Bill Gates backs the U.S. government in Apple's iPhone privacy standoff
Microsoft's founder says the FBI's request to access a terrorist's iPhone is justified, given that it's a one-time deal.
Mark Hachman | 23 Feb | Read more
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Apple says terrorist's iCloud password was changed remotely while iPhone was in government's posession
Resetting the password prevented the iPhone from doing an iCloud auto-backup, according to anonymous Apple execs.
Oscar Raymundo | 20 Feb | Read more
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DOJ slams Apple for refusing to help unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
A Friday filing alleges that Apple's refusal to comply with this week's court order is a "marketing strategy."
Caitlin McGarry | 20 Feb | Read more
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Apple's showdown with the FBI was a long time coming
The San Bernardino case isn't the first time the company has refused to help the government unlock an iPhone.
Caitlin McGarry | 20 Feb | Read more
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Pricing a low-cost iPhone: How ‘cheap' is cheap?
Though still unsubstantiated, a low-cost iPhone is now widely seen as a possible product announcement in early September, along with a new high-end phone. And it's finally possible to create a coherent explanation of why such a move makes sense for Apple in 2013.
