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Dave123 said:
So a definite case of obstruction of justice by whoever authorised the password change...
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I don't see how. I think they saw an opportunity to recover the cloud data and didn't fully understand the consequences. This password change was done hours after the attack according to gizmodo.
 
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bwana said:
I don't see how. I think they saw an opportunity to recover the cloud data and didn't fully understand the consequences. This password change was done hours after the attack according to gizmodo.
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The phone should have been seized and placed into evidence awaiting a forensic audit, not for some muppet to start messing with the password.
 
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Dave123 said:
The phone should have been seized and placed into evidence awaiting a forensic audit, not for some muppet to start messing with the password.
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Sure… but it's still not obstruction of justice
 
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Justice Department Forcing Apple to Unlock 'About 12 Other iPhones' Says WSJ

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The*unlocking of the San Bernardino iPhone*may just be the tip of the iceberg.According to the*Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department is currently trying to have Apple extract data from “about a dozen” iPhones around the country.

According to “people familiar with the matter,” the authorities are looking to extract data from these other phones in much the same way as the San Bernardino case. In each example, prosecutors have attempted to use the*All Writs Act*to force Apple to bypass the device’s passcode in order to extract data.

While the*Journal*hasn’t learned any exact details about the cases, it claims “they don’t involve terrorism charges,”according to its sources. Other than that, details remain scant.
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More here : http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/02/ju...le-to-unlock-about-12-other-iphones-says-wsj/
 
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zippy said:
Imagine a Trump administration with the ability to overcome encryption. Or Putin. The point people are making is that once Apple enable this access, then it's only a matter of time before the tech leaks out. Everyone knows how well the US govt is at keeping secrets.
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It doesn't even need to be leaked, as soon as it's known to exist other governments will demand it direct from Apple, "you want to sell your product in China, Mr Apple, give us the back door now"...
 
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FBI Has Asked Apple To Unlock As Many As 17 iPhones In Last 4 Months

Newly unsealed court documents show that the FBI's request of Apple in the San Bernardino case is probably not a one-off.

MARK SULLIVAN*02.23.16*5:20 PM

One of Apple's key arguments in its battle with the government is that if it creates a "back door" to San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone, as the FBI has demanded, it would only lead to more requests from law enforcement to do so on other iPhones in all kinds of cases.

Newly unsealed court documents from a Brooklyn federal court today strongly suggest that Apple's assertion is correct.

According to the documents, the FBI has requested that Apple create a "back door" to encrypted data on iPhones at least nine times, and possibly as many as 17 times, since last October.
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More here: http://www.fastcompany.com/3057077/...7-iphones-in-the-last-four-months?partner=rss
 
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The companies and people standing behind Apple with Amicus Briefs is becoming quite impressive.

Amicus Briefs in Support of Apple

Amicus Briefs
32 Law Professors
Access Now and Wickr Foundation
ACT/The App Association
Airbnb, Atlassian, Automattic, CloudFlare, eBay, GitHub, Kickstarter, LinkedIn, Mapbox, Medium, Meetup, Reddit, Square, Squarespace, Twilio, Twitter and Wickr
Amazon, Box, Cisco, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nest, Pinterest, Slack, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and Yahoo
American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of Southern California, and ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
AT&T
AVG Technologies, Data Foundry, Golden Frog, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), the Internet Association, and the Internet Infrastructure Coalition | Golden Frog Blog | CCIA News
BSA|The Software Alliance, the Consumer Technology Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, and TechNet
Center for Democracy & Technology
Electronic Frontier Foundation and 46 technologists, researchers, and cryptographers
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and eight consumer privacy organizations
Intel
iPhone security and applied cryptography experts including Dino Dai Zovi, Dan Boneh (Stanford), Charlie Miller, Dr. Hovav Shacham (UC San Diego), Bruce Schneier (Harvard), Dan Wallach (Rice) and Jonathan Zdziarski
Lavabit
The Media Institute
Privacy International and Human Rights Watch

Letters to the Court
Beats, Rhymes & Relief, Center for Media Justice, The Gathering for Justice, Justice League NYC, Opal Tometi and Shaun King
David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression | Supporting Document
Salihin Kondoker, San Bernardino, CA
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2016/03/03Amicus-Briefs-in-Support-of-Apple.html#labnol
 
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