Law enforcement agencies in the US have hit back at Apple for not unlocking an iPhone that could help them solve a criminal investigation they're working on.
The US Justice Department wants Apple to bypass the lock screen on an iPhone in compliance with a search warrant but Apple is refusing to comply.
The case, being held at the District Court’s Eastern District of New York, involves an iPhone 5s, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Technically, Apple has the ability to access data on the iPhone 5s because it is running the company's iOS 7 operating system, which lacks the encryption features that have been built into subsequent versions of Apple's mobile software.
However, Apple is refusing to unlock the phone for the Justice Department on the grounds that it will "threaten the trust between Apple and its customers and substantially tarnish the brand."
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5 comments:
The article is so inaccurate.
Apple has stated that it cannot unencrypt the data without the user password.
It means they CANNOT do it.
If they do it, it will be the end of the brand - they have always implied to their customers that if you forget your password, your stuff is lost - we don't have a back door in! The fact that they've admitted the weakness is already enough to hurt them big time!
Yes they can. Info your getting is way off.
im switching to apple
Good for Apple.
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