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FBI may be able to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone
« on: March 21, 2016, 11:30:46 pm »
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Posted:Mar 21 2016 07:17PM EDT

Updated:Mar 21 2016 07:17PM EDT

Federal authorities have asked to hold off on a much-anticipated court hearing set for Tuesday over the FBI's demand for Apple to help unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers.

In a filing late Monday, federal prosecutors said "an outside party" has come forward and shown the FBI a possible method for unlocking the phone used by one of the shooters in the Dec. 2 terror attack. Authorities say they need time to determine if the method will work without compromising data on the phone.

If the method works, the government said, it would eliminate the need for Apple's assistance. Apple has fought the court order, saying the government's demand for assistance would make other iPhones vulnerable.
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Re: FBI may be able to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2016, 11:41:36 pm »
LOL!!

If the "third party" has such a method, why hasn't the FBI used it? 
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Re: FBI may be able to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2016, 11:50:13 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on March 21, 2016, 11:41:36 pm
LOL!!

If the "third party" has such a method, why hasn't the FBI used it?

His mother had probably grounded him for not cleaning up his room.  :tongue2:
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Re: FBI may be able to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2016, 11:54:48 pm »
Third-party = Snowden
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Re: FBI may be able to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2016, 12:18:44 am »
Quote from: EC on March 21, 2016, 11:50:13 pm
His mother had probably grounded him for not cleaning up his room.  :tongue2:

I wouldn't laugh too much; it could very well be someone like that.

Otherwise, it might be one of the Russian hackers that builds/controls 'botnets.
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Re: FBI may be able to unlock San Bernardino attacker's iPhone
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2016, 01:01:38 am »
When the "locked iPhone" brouhaha began, I recall reading an article in which software developer John McAfee (I -think- that's his name) offered to decrypt the iPhone for free...
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