[Infowarrior] - Judge: Apple must help US hack San Bernardino killer's phone

[Richard Forno]

Here's the court order ...

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2714005/SB-Shooter-Order-Compelling-Apple-Asst-iPhone.pdf

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> On Feb 16, 2016, at 8:53 PM, Richard Forno <rforno at infowarrior.org> wrote:
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> (good luck with that? --rick)
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> Judge: Apple must help US hack San Bernardino killer's phone
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> By TAMI ABDOLLAH and ERIC TUCKER
> Feb. 16, 2016 7:55 PM EST
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> WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. magistrate has ordered Apple to help the Obama administration hack into an iPhone belonging to one of the shooters in San Bernardino, California.
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> The ruling by Sheri Pym on Tuesday requires Apple to supply highly specialized software the FBI can load onto the phone to cripple a security encryption feature that erases data after too many unsuccessful unlocking attempts.
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> Federal prosecutors told the judge they can't access a county-owned work phone used by Syed Farook because they don't know his passcode.
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> By default, Apple has encrypted its iPhones to allow them only to be accessed using a passcode.
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> Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people in a Dec. 2 shooting at a holiday luncheon for Farook's co-workers. The couple later died in a police gun battle.
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