San Bernardino police chief says there's a 'reasonably good chance that...
One overlooked fact in the battle between the FBI and Apple: there probably isn't any useful information on Syed Farook's government-issued phone.That's according to San Bernardino police chief Jarrod...
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The battle between the FBI and Apple over a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters is poised to be one of the biggest technology stories for years.In short, the FBI wants Apple to help it...
View ArticleApple exec: FBI could make us spy on Americans with iPhone cameras or...
Apple's online-services boss, Eddy Cue, warned that if the FBI were to get its way, Apple might be forced to use an iPhone's camera or microphone to spy on people.In a Spanish-language interview...
View ArticleApple just filed its final response before it meets the FBI in court (AAPL)
Apple will face the FBI in federal court in California on March 22 to address whether it needs to help the agency break into San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone.On Tuesday, Apple released a...
View ArticleApple engineers would rather quit than help the FBI (AAPL)
Some Apple engineers say that they'd rather quit than help the government break security measures that Apple has placed on iPhones and iPads.Inside Apple, engineers have already discussed who would and...
View ArticleApple responds: 'This case should have never been brought' (AAPL)
The government withdrew its order compelling Apple to help the FBI acceess encrypted information on the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters on Monday. The development effectively...
View ArticleApple won its battle against the FBI, but the war isn't over yet (AAPL)
On Monday, the US government withdrew its order compelling Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by one of the attackers in last year's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. The...
View ArticleThe FBI's trick for breaking into the iPhone likely won't stay a secret for...
The FBI's method for breaking into a locked iPhone 5c is unlikely to stay secret for long, according to senior Apple Inc engineers and outside experts.Once it is exposed, Apple should be able to plug...
View ArticleThe government still wants Apple to help it crack an iPhone in New York (AAPL)
Although the Justice Department withdrew its request for Apple to help it hack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, a similar court case elsewhere is still ongoing. In a letter...
View ArticleIt turns out there was nothing substantial on the San Bernardino iPhone all...
The Justice Department and Apple spent much of the past few months in a bitter legal battle over whether Apple should help the FBI access data on a phone used by Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino...
View ArticleHere's what an Apple executive will tell Congress tomorrow (AAPL)
Although the spat between the government and Apple over an encrypted iPhone in San Bernardino, California may be over for now, the real fight will begin when Congress seriously considers a bill that...
View ArticleThe FBI will fight to keep its iPhone hack secret, but Apple will probably...
The FBI is fighting to keep the hack it used to break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters secret.It's expected to tell the White House that the crack it used to unlock data on an...
View ArticleHere’s what Apple thinks about the black market for $1 million iPhone hacks...
The U.S. government paid a steep price to hackers earlier this year to help it break into an iPhone used by on of the San Bernardino shooters.The most recent credible report pegs the price the...
View Article'Boycott Apple' — 3 ways a Trump presidency could affect Apple (AAPL)
Republican Donald Trump is now the president-elect in what's being called the biggest upset in American political history.Silicon Valley figures are already freaking out, but there's one company in...
View ArticleSenator reveals that the FBI paid $900,000 to hack into the San Bernardino...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly last week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San...
View ArticleThe FBI can't figure out how to unlock the Texas church shooter's iPhone, and...
The FBI says it can't access data on a phone used by Devin Patrick Kelley, the gunman who killed 26 people on Sunday at a rural Texas church.Apple said it contacted the FBI but had not yet received a...
View ArticlePrivate texts show FBI agents thought Tim Cook was a 'hypocrite' in the San...
Apple publicly fought the FBI in 2016 over issues related to privacy, encryption, and an iPhone used by a terrorist.Texts between FBI employees released earlier this week give a peek into how some...
View ArticleAn FBI official was worried that James Comey gave Congress 'inaccurate...
The FBI did not exhaust possible options before trying to compel Apple to unlock an iPhone used in a 2015 shooting.That's according to a new report from a Department of Justice internal watchdog. The...
View ArticleThe FBI says it has hacked into the San Bernardino shooter's phone without...
The US Justice Department said on Monday that it had managed to access encrypted information stored on the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, ending a contentious standoff between...
View ArticleThis request from a grieving father shows why Apple absolutely cannot build a...
Apple told the FBI in no uncertain terms that it did not want to help it hack into a dead terrorist's iPhone.But would it tell the same thing to a grieving father who wants the texts and photos on his...
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