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FBI breaks through iPhone mobile security without Apple

Julie Campbell
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This has caused the U.S. Justice Department to drop the legal action it had been pursuing against Apple. The FBI has now reported that it has been successful in using a new mobile security cracking technique that enabled them to access the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, and it managed to achieve its goal without any assistance from Apple. Apple had been refusing to comply with a demand that it write code to break into the smartphone. In fact, the company had been fighting a court…

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Judge decides Apple can’t be forced into unlocking iPhone in drug case

John Montgallo
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The court’s decision came at a time when the FBI is trying to achieve the same thing for a San Bernardino shooter. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein has stated that the U.S. Justice Department is not within its right in saying that Apple is required to go ahead with an iPhone unlocking in a drug case. This was an important ruling as it has arrived at a time in which Apple is required to do the same thing in another case. The judge in New York has said that Apple…

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Google and Facebook now stand with Apple regarding mobile security probe by FBI

Jorge Gonzalez
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These giants and other large technology firms have been joining with civil liberties groups. A number of major tech firms, such as Google and Facebook, have now shown their support for Apple in its battle against the American government, in the iPhone mobile security unlocking case being investigated by the FBI. Those opposing the unlocking of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone are continuing to grow. In fact, there are now more than 25 large technology firms that have joined with civil liberties groups that are supporting Apple in its decision…

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Mobile security app to unlock an iPhone was on device used by San Bernardino shooter

Julie Campbell
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That said, while the service was actually paid for, the shooter never installed it onto his smartphone. As the battle between the U.S. Justice Department and Apple Inc. raged on over the mobile security of an iPhone that had been used by one of the shooters in San Bernardino, California, it was revealed that a software to unlock the device had actually been purchased by the deceased criminal but had never been installed. The feature the shooter had purchased would have provided the FBI with access to the device. The…

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