The FBI, trump and Barr want Apple hacked iPhone

The Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI), trump and attorney General Barr want Apple’s unlocked iPhone. The tech giant reluctantly decode their devices, citing user privacy.»We have always said that there is no such thing as a «secret entrance» for the good guys,» — said in a statement.Reason to Apple — the investigation of the terrorist attack in Florida

6 December 2019 21-year-old Lieutenant of the air forces of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani killed by firearms 3 people and injured 8 people at the airport U.S. Navy in Florida. He was shot by police. Action Alshamrani regarded as a terrorist attack.

The FBI requested assistance from Apple to unlock password protected iPhones owned by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. During a press conference held on January 13, attorney General William Barr said that Apple still has not helped the FBI to hack the phones of the terrorist.

The shooter had two Apple iPhone models 5 and 7. During the day after the shooting, the FBI received court permission to study the information from both phones to find out who spoke Alshamrani. During skirmishes at the first response, the shooter turned off one of the phones laid on the ground and shot into the device. It seems that the second phone could be damaged in the same way.

Barr said at a press conference:

«Experts from the crime lab, the FBI was able to repair both damaged phone so that they worked. However, the apparatus is designed in such a way that it is practically impossible to unlock them without a password.

It is important to know with whom and what they talked about the shooter before he died.

We asked Apple to help unlock iPhones that used Alshamrani. Still Apple has not provided us with any substantial help.

This situation perfectly illustrates why it is imperative that investigators could easily obtain access to digital evidence.

We call on Apple and other technology companies to help us find a solution so we can better protect American lives and prevent future attacks».

Position Apple

Most likely, the Apple does not unlock phones for the FBI was made for the same reason she refused to obey the Federal court decision in 2016, which is required to unlock Apple iPhone 5c owned by arrow, of San Bernardino said Farouk.

Apple feared that, if the operating system of its phones hacked FBI, no iPhone will no longer safe. In 2016, the FBI had to turn to the Israeli company Cellebrite and to pay her 1 million dollars to hack a phone Farouk for important information.

Then, in 2016, the candidate trump has said he will boycott Apple and begin to use the Samsung phones.

Last year, FBI investigators in Ohio used a hacking device called GrayKey (product Grayshift, company of Atlanta, founded by a former engineer in Apple’s security) to extract data from latest models of Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max. The phone belonged to Baris Ali Koch, who was accused that he helped his convict brother to flee the country, providing it with the necessary documents, and lied to the police. Currently, he struck a deal, pleading guilty and is awaiting sentencing.

Obviously, this time Cellebrite and Grayshift was powerless against the protection of the iPhone belonging to Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani as Barr turned to Apple.

It should be noted that in contrast to the events of 2016, the court has not yet ordered Apple to unlock the phone.

Some critics Barra and the FBI claim that the government’s approach is not so much the release of those specific phones as in the broader weakening encryption Apple. This would facilitate law enforcement access to blocked devices at the cost of privacy for millions of iPhone users.

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