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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by frankacter on Thursday February 25, 2016 @12:12AM (#11172512)
> Farook disabled the iCloud backup six weeks prior to the attack

http://6abc.com/news/senior-official-stresses-feds-need-to-u...

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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by cheepin on Thursday February 25, 2016 @02:45AM (#11172968)
They did not even attempt to get it to send a fresh backup to iCloud before they reset it making it impossible.

[0] http://daringfireball.net/2016/02/san_bernardino_password_re...

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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by zyx321 on Thursday February 25, 2016 @07:26AM (#11173938)
On the other hand, "turn it on and let it do its thing" is a terrible idea from a forensics standpoint. You want to lock the account down ASAP to prevent potential accomplices from remote wiping your evidence.
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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can’t Hack by Crito on Thursday February 25, 2016 @07:43AM (#11173996)
In an alternate universe it may have been a plausible deliberate measure, but in this universe, it was a fuckup.
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