U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone

Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by wool_gather on Monday March 21, 2016 @10:28PM (#11334027)

I find it more likely that this is simply a tactical decision: they already knew about this "new method", and were holding it in reserve so that they could cancel the proceedings if necessary (i.e., if Apple put up too much of a fight). They will keep trying until they get the precedent.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by rms_returns on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:01AM (#11334346)

> They will keep trying until they get the precedent.

Don't they already have a precedent when they shut down Truecrypt some years ago?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by aioprisan on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:30AM (#11334434)

Truecrypt is still active in the sense that it is both something that can be downloaded and the last security audit showed that there aren't any major flaws. Are you referring to a different service, perhaps?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by wool_gather on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @01:00AM (#11334510)

I don't remember the FBI being involved with TrueCrypt at all, but I don't know.

There was a case where the FBI wanted to force someone to divulge his (I think) TrueCrypt keys, which was found to be a fifth amendment issue, in favor of the defendant.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by acqq on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @08:04AM (#11335830)

There's no known precedent for the use of the All Writs Act in the manner the FBI attempted to use it this time:

https://www.apple.com/pr/pdf/32_Law_Professors.pdf

"No court has ever issued a valid order that imposes an equivalent burden on a non-party. Our research has not found any case that uses the All Writs Act to require a third-party private entity to design and create new software. Some courts have compelled disclosure of already-existing information in cases where the All Writs Act is found applicable. In contrast, the order the government demands in this case would require substantial expenditures of time and talent above and beyond what is appropriate under the All Writs Act. This point is particularly alarming where Apple has made a deliberate decision to exclude the features that the government now demands."

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone by rhizome on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @06:21AM (#11335492)

Or forget about precedent and just go to Congress:

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/273482-senate-intel-...

[ Parent | on HN ]