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That whole story stunk anyway, we still don't know if the FBI withdrew the request because they just found some other way into the device that they wanted to ac
by draw_down 9y ago
That whole story stunk anyway, we still don't know if the FBI withdrew the request because they just found some other way into the device that they wanted to access. So forgive me if my first thought in the midst of all this chaos is not to praise Tim Cook's name.
- ceejayoz 9y ago> we still don't know if the FBI withdrew the request because they just found some other way into the device that they wanted to access We do know that. It's public knowledge. The iPhone 5C didn't have Secure Enclave (later iPhones did), so it was crackable in another way (that more modern iPhones can't be). https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-paid-professional-hackers-one-time-fee-to-crack-san-bernardino-iphone/2016/04/12/5397814a-00de-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-p... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/07/fbi-director-says-method-for-unlocking-san-bernardino-iphone-only-works-on-narrow-slice-of-devices/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/0...