Apple challenges 'chilling' demand to decrypt San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
[Apple challenges 'chilling' demand to decrypt San
Bernardino shooter's iPhone: Tim Cook publicly attacks the US government for
asking Apple to take an ‘unprecedented step which threatens the security of
our customers’ by Stuart Dredge and Danny Yadron] "Apple has hit back after
a US federal magistrate ordered the company to help the FBI unlock the
iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, with chief executive Tim Cook
describing the demand as “chilling”.
The court order focuses on Apple’s security
feature that slows down anyone trying to use “brute force” to gain access to
an iPhone by guessing its passcode. In a letter published on the company’s
website, Cook responded saying Apple would oppose the order and calling for
public debate.
“The United States government has demanded that
Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our
customers. We oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal
case at hand,” he wrote.
While Cook took pains to stress that Apple was
“shocked and outraged” by the San Bernardino shooting last December – “we
have no sympathy for terrorists” – he said company is determined to push
back against the court order.
Cook wrote that opposing the order “is not
something we take lightly”.
“We feel we must speak up in the face of what we
see as an overreach by the US government,” he added..." Full text:
Apple challenges 'chilling' demand to decrypt San Bernardino shooter's
iPhone
Jn 8:36,
Re 13:17
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "They will give it up and obey the
FBI."
Ask China how to do it.
This is why the FBI can't hack into iPhones
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "So the FBI can't find one hacker to
hack into the iPhone? I find that hard to believe."
All the brainiacs are
working for Apple.
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challenges 'chilling' demand to decrypt San Bernardino shooter's iPhone