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Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter

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In comp.os.linux.advocacy nobody@panix.com wrote:
>> What a bunch of fucking amateur idiots
> 
> The truth comes out...
> 
> http://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/19/apple-government-changed-apple-id-password/
> 
> *Apple Says Government Changed Apple ID Password on Shooter's iPhone,*
> *Losing Access to Data*
> 
> Friday February 19, 2016 3:51 pm PST by Juli Clover
> 
> Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion demanding
> Apple comply with an order to help it unlock the iPhone 5c of San
> Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, Apple executives shared key information
> with several reporters, including BuzzFeed's John Paczkowski, about
> government missteps that may have led to reduced access to the iPhone
> in question.
> 
> http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/apple-terrorists-appleid-passcode-changed-in-government-cust
> 
> According to Apple, the Apple ID password on the iPhone was changed
> "less than 24 hours" after being in government hands. Had the password
> not been altered, Apple believes the backup information the government
> is asking for could have been accessible to Apple engineers. The FBI has
> said it has access to weekly iCloud backups leading up to October 19,
> but not after that date, and it is seeking later information that could
> be stored on the device.
> 
>   "The executives said the company had been in regular discussions with
>    the government since early January, and that it proposed four
>    different ways to recover the information the government is interested
>    in without building a back door. One of those methods would have
>    involved connecting the phone to a known wifi network.
>            
>    Apple sent engineers to try that method, the executives said, but the
>    experts were unable to do it. It was then that they discovered that
>    the Apple ID passcode associated with the phone had been changed."
>                  
> Apple executives said the entire backdoor demand could have potentially
> been avoided if the Apple ID password not been changed, as connecting to
> a known Wi-Fi network would have caused the device to start backing up
> automatically so long as iCloud backups were enabled. Instead, with the
> information inaccessible, [...]          

Make up your mind, Tim Cook.  Do you like the back door or do you not
like the back door?

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Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2016-02-10 03:52 +0000
  Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2016-02-10 06:41 +0100
    Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-02-09 22:39 -0800
      Re: CopyRight Trolls. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 03:40 -0800
      Re: CopyRight Trolls. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 09:11 -0800
        Visit the Wrong Website, and the FBI Could End Up in Your Computer Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 09:16 -0800
          Re: Don't download kiddy porn, Tor will expose you. Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-02-10 18:06 -0800
  The San Bernardino terrorists, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, are 100% dead John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-02-11 02:04 -0800
  Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter Cornelis Tromp <nobody@holland.remailer.nl> - 2016-02-12 13:52 +0000
    Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-02-12 08:07 -0600
      Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter Jeremy Bentham <nobody@anemone.mooo.com> - 2016-02-12 18:53 +0100
      Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-02-12 12:29 -0600
      Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter nobody@panix.com - 2016-02-20 05:26 +0000
        Re: Obama FBI still can't unlock encrypted phone of San Bernardino shooter owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-02-20 06:16 +0000
        The FBI should stick to killing one criminal at a time. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-02-20 02:06 -0800
          Re: The FBI should stick to killing one criminal at a time. Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-20 03:36 -0800
            Like I said, the authorities killed those directly responsible on the spot. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-02-20 04:20 -0800

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