Posted on 02/17/2016 9:04:36 PM PST by TigerClaws
A 2015 court case shows that the tech giant has been willing to play ball with the government before—and is only stopping now because it might ‘tarnish the Apple brand.’
Apple CEO Tim Cook declared on Wednesday that his company wouldn’t comply with a government search warrant to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino killers, a significant escalation in a long-running debate between technology companies and the government over access to people’s electronically-stored private information.
But in a similar case in New York last year, Apple acknowledged that it could extract such data if it wanted to. And according to prosecutors in that case, Apple has unlocked phones for authorities at least 70 times since 2008. (Apple doesn’t dispute this figure.)
In other words, Apple’s stance in the San Bernardino case may not be quite the principled defense that Cook claims it is. In fact, it may have as much to do with public relations as it does with warding off what Cook called “an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers.â€
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Can you spell Trojan Horse NOW ??
What is Apple worried about? That the government will keep the encryption key?
This looks bad for Apple all the way around.
Whoa. If this is the same type of phone, this puts an entirely new spin on it, doesn't it? :)
Trump said tonight Apple is in the wrong....and should comply
Only to those not truly paying attention to what he's been told... repeatedly. As of iOS8, Apple no longer keeps the encryption key. They are as locked-out from iPhones on iOS8 and 9 as the rest of us.
I’m no computer tech/software developer, but can’t they write another encryption program and update every iPhone but that one?
If they’ve already done this before, there’s no good reason for them to not get the FBI into the murderers’ phones now.
Trump may be too busy to read on the subject but he should know that Apple is unable to comply. They don't have the key. The court is trying to order Apple to "figure it out."
So NOW the government is so concerned with fighting terrorism. Where the f were they when they allowed the terrorists into the country in the first place?
Apple changed their IOS so that they no longer CAN comply. In previous versions, Apple could unlock the phone - they no longer have that ability.
Exactly.
And where were they when they told people NOT to ‘racially profile.’
The Obama policy on terrorism is, “See something; say nothing.”
Yes but Apple wasnt run by a faggot back then.
The article very clearly says Apple has complied 70 times before!
He is probably looking to expand his market share in Scuzlim countries.
Let the MFs that get paid big salaries at FEDGOV figure it out.
And, two technical experts told The Daily Beast, the company could do so with the phone used by deceased San Bernardino shooter, Syed Rizwan Farook, a model 5C. (It's not clear what version of operating system the phone had installed.)
Isn't this the phone in question? The phone from the San Bernardino shooter?
Then Edward Snowden changed everything.
Do I have that correct?
Hasn't Cook figured out that ISIS throws "men" like him off of buildings, to their death?
No.
The feds have the phone and want Apple to crack it so they (the feds) can access the data.
There’s also the possibility this is all b.s. to get more terrorists to go out and use iPhones with there already being a way to crack them.
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