Security News > 2016 > February > Judge Demands that Apple Backdoor an iPhone (Schneier on Security)
2016-02-17 20:15
A judge has ordered that Apple bypass iPhone security in order for the FBI to attempt a brute-force password attack on an iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino killers. Apple is refusing. The order is pretty specific technically. This implies to me that what the FBI is asking for is technically possible, and even that Apple assisted...
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