Politico:
Citing new leads about how to access an Apple iPhone used by one of the perpetrators of the San Bernardino terrorist attack, the Justice Department asked Monday to postpone a court hearing set for Tuesday on whether Apple should be forced to help the FBI break into that phone.
Is this the FBI backing down from pressure either inside the government or from Apple’s various lobbying efforts or have they legitimately found a way around it? Either way is troubling.
Shawn, I doubt it’s either of your binary choices. It’s too early to say for sure, but I suspect an adult told them, sotto voce, they’re gonna lose and they didn’t want THAT precedent set. Either that or they finally hired John McAfee. ; – )
Or they read the ACLU post… https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/one-fbis-major-claims-iphone-case-fraudulent
It’s a strategic retreat. A court judgement against them would set an undesirable precedent.
Exactly. Too much to risk.
Coin flip at best.
Massive underdogs worst case.
I wrote at the beginning that someone outside of Apple can do this. NSA has hinted they know how (at least, how to try). So this is no surprise. No, it’s not troubling. It’s the ongoing cat-and-mouse game that has gone on forever. What’s troubling is the naivety amongst the tech writers, whose job it is to inform the masses.
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