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How can the FBI verify that the data they get from Apple is the same data that was on the phone?
by CocaKoala 11y ago
How can the FBI verify that the data they get from Apple is the same data that was on the phone?
- jasonlaramburu 11y agoThey would have to trust that Apple is acting in good faith. I can't see any incentive or reason for Apple to falsify the data. They already provided the most recent iCloud backup in good faith.
- CocaKoala 11y agoLet's say they try to convict somebody based on data from the phone. "Your honor, it's a known fact that my client has had a long-standing adversarial relationship with Jack Smith, an employee at Apple. Jack Smith's motive and opportunity to frame my client by falsifying data in this case provides clear reasonable doubt of my client's guilt." Additionally, let's say they destroy the phone. How can you establish that the evidence hasn't been tampered with after the fact? It's not like you can go pull the files again, the phone has been destroyed. So now you're not only trusting that a) Apple provided the right data, you're trusting that b) the FBI hasn't tampered with the data to frame somebody.
- jasonlaramburu 11y agoThe suspects in this case are dead.
- CocaKoala 11y agoI was addressing the hypothetical case of the FBI attempting to prosecute somebody based on the data recovered from the phone.