According to a new report, Apple has received an extension in the time it has to reply to a court order to assist the FBI in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple originally had five days to respond, placing the deadline on Tuesday, February 23. However, the company will now have until Friday, February 26 to formally respond to the FBI's request, TechCrunch reports.
The FBI has argued that Apple has "exclusive technical means" to assist it in its efforts to acquire "critical data" locked behind a passcode on the shooter's iPhone 5c. A federal judge then ordered Apple to provide "reasonable technical assistance" in accessing the data in question, including bypassing the iPhone's auto-erase function to allow investigators an unlimited number of guesses at the passcode.
CEO Tim Cook has already been vocal in his opposition to the court order. However, in its formal response, Apple must effectively argue why it thinks complying with the order would be "unreasonably burdensome."
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Apple reportedly granted more time to submit formal response in iPhone unlock case
I have a feeling the government may win this one despite the overwhelming support for Apple.
Well petition has been started, which needs signatures. I'm leaving the link to it here. I don't know if iMore allows links in comments but if you can't see it you can search for it. It takes 5 seconds to sign it. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/apple-privacy-petition
Awesome that it needs 3xxx to reach 100,000 signatures and it was started yesterday
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I think you read that wrong, it only has 3,588 (as of this post) and still needs over 96 thousand more,
That's ok. Give them few days. :)
Good for Apple. Verizon has illegally given out my ESSI and router info, including immediate changes to police after I won a lawsuit for payment against them. They subsequently broke into my home repeatedly and placed listening devices and stole all my evidence against them. Our country has become Russia, a police state of corruption staffed by the worst humans the gov could find.
You shouldn't be on darknet
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2714001/SB-Shooter-Order-Comp...
Paragraph 4 states "If Apple determines that it can achieve the three functions stated above in paragraph 2."
Apple should say "this cannot be done" with a short explanation and that would be the end.
Personally, I don't understand how Tim Cook spun this document and determined that they are looking for a "backdoor into all iPhones." Also, I'd doubt most people read this document at all, even Tim Cook. He must have used his "Jump To Conclusions" board.
I think the backdoor reference is because they are saying this is only for this one specific phone but once Apple develops the means to do it "just this once" then it becomes an actual backdoor for future use for other devices.
If Apple says they can't do it and then actually does it then the government can then claim "well you did it that time why not now?" anytime they need it in the future.
They've already "done it" 70+ times for the FBI...Google it.