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Re:Apple rejects order to unlock gunman's phone by tomohawk on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:29AM (#11116519)
The phone in question was not owned by the terrorist, but by his employer. His employer has consented to the search. What's Apple's problem?
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Re:Apple rejects order to unlock gunman's phone by sthkr on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:44AM (#11116617)
THe problem is that Apple is being asked to build a modified iOS to extract that information from that phone. Should that software get into the wrong hands or if the FBI decides to keep that software for future use, then Apple's credibility about security will be at stake.
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Re:Apple rejects order to unlock gunman's phone by sliken on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:45AM (#11116625)
Do you want a phone always secure or never?

Should Apple have to re-engineer a special IOS to avoid the normal protections so governments can trivially brute force any phone?

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