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

02/25/201602/24/2016 Julie Campbell

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…

U.S. regulations surrounding mobile phone tracking are drawn in

09/11/201509/10/2015 Julie Campbell

New guidance has been issued with regards to the use of various forms of tracking technology. According to new guidance that has been released by the United States Justice Department, if federal agencies want to use mobile phone tracking technology, they will now need to obtain search warrants in order to do so legally. Until now, various agencies – including the FBI – did not require a warrant to use this tracking technology. This made it possible for cell-site simulators to be used for mobile phone tracking within an area…