U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
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Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
#2Congratulations Apple and encryption. A precedent has be set. The FBI can't just bully companies into complying with their requests. Hopefully companies in future will have the integrity and courage to stand up like Apple did.
Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
#3You could say they dropped it because they accessed the phone.
You might also say they dropped it because going to court and losing would greatly narrow the scope of the All Writs act. Then the "maybe illegal" spying coersion becomes "actually illegal"
Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
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#5You could say they dropped it because they accessed the phone. You might also say they dropped it because going to court and losing would greatly narrow the scope of the All Writs act. Then the "maybe illegal" spying coersion becomes "actually illegal"
You can also say, your IPhone is not as secure as Apple claims and state actors can break it.
Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
#6Would they be doing anything illegal if they in fact had not been able to unlock the phone, but were saying so to save face?
Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
#7You could say they dropped it because they accessed the phone. You might also say they dropped it because going to court and losing would greatly narrow the scope of the All Writs act. Then the "maybe illegal" spying coersion becomes "actually illegal"
You can also say, your IPhone is not as secure as Apple claims and state actors can break it.
It was always known that the 5c, which is the device the FBI accessed, was less secure because it does not contain a Secure Enclave like later iPhones.
Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
#8This is possibly the worst outcome. The tide of public opinion was turning towards Apple and privacy, and away from the FBI; for it to enter the court under this pretence there was a strong argument to be made against the latter. With this announcement, for the many, this matter will now be "resolved". When it inevitably rears its ugly head again, the same pretence may no longer be true.
Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
#9Would they be doing anything illegal if they in fact had not been able to unlock the phone, but were saying so to save face?
Yes. AAPL has averred to the judge that they in fact accessed the phone. I was skeptical over the last 72 hrs whether that was a ruse or not. I now think it is not.
"The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook's iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc. mandated by Court's Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search dated February 16, 2016."
The government also gets to use the same logic regarding the power of the court to compel at some time in the future, when this assuredly comes up again.
Re: U.S. Drops California Case Against Apple After Accessing iPhone
#10Would they be doing anything illegal if they in fact had not been able to unlock the phone, but were saying so to save face?
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