FBI Cracks Terrorist Cellphone

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Breaking

[KamaAina]

1. So the whole kerfuffle with Apple was much ado about nothing?

[randome]

2. Only because Apple had a lot of marketing $ invested in this.

Any other time, they would have cooperated with legal warrants.
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[LiberalArkie]

4. It was always to set a precedent. The NSA and CIA both said that.

[LiberalArkie]

3. Probably will not know the method until Apple hires the hacker.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I imagine they have some smart cookies there, no pun./nt

[LiberalArkie]

10. Everyone is saying it is the Israeli company. Apple probably has no problem with them doing it

as it would not be a method that a hacker would use to steal your information. It probably cost the FBI around $30,000 to get it opened. And at the moment it will not work on an iPhone newer than the 5S.

[Marr]

6. Or so they claim.

It could be that they knew they wouldn't win their case, and prefer to throw in the towel and claim victory, rather than announce publicly that content like this is beyond their reach.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. They would look pretty stupid when the contents are never revealed./nt

[Marr]

9. The FBI would not release the info on that phone to the public in any case.

It would be part of an investigation, or simply intelligence info. There's no way you're going to see it, even if they do have it.

[davidn3600]

12. They will never reveal the contents anyway

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. I did that once, on a tile floor.

Cost me a bundle to get it replaced, too.

[Agschmid]

11. Well shit...