The head of the FBI said Wednesday that the government had "purchased a tool" enabling investigators to access an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook.
The disclosure by James Comey in a speech at Ohio's Kenyon College was a departure from previous official statements, which had been vague in explaining the details of how the government broke into the phone last month.
The Justice Department had only said that a third party had "demonstrated" an alternate method of unlocking the device to the FBI the evening before federal prosecutors filed a motion to delay a court hearing on the matter.
"The people that we bought this [tool] from – I know a fair amount about them and I have a high degree of confidence that they are very good at protecting it, and their motivations align with ours," Comey said during a question-and-answer period following his talk.
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2 comments:
"The people that we bought this [tool] from – I know a fair amount about them and I have a high degree of confidence that they are very good at protecting it..."
What about your people, Comey? What about the people you teach it to? A government cop gets another 'Easter egg'? To sell to the highest bidder on the open market., huh?
"Comey added that the technology only works on an iPhone 5C... "we have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones...""
If you believe this, you're probably a Clinton supporter too.
And, even though Apple SW engineers are puzzled, you've got no rutting intention of allowing them to patch it., right Jimmy?
What it comes down to folks is, your iPhone is no longer safe from government snooping. And, it won't be long before this 'tool' is ported to a version they can run on a terrestrial or wireless network [they won't need to have your iPhone in hand to hack it]. They'll probably even be able to do it via your new 'Smart Meter'.
Ain't technology great folks?
830 simple fix don't own one.
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