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How does the FBI asking Apple something make Apple's claim false?

• lern_too_spel 8y ago
  Because Apple said to customers that it would be impossible for Apple to get data off the phone. The simple technique in the FBI's request showed that to be a lie. See the "not technically feasible" marketing claim quoted on https://gizmodo.com/apple-wont-turn-over-your-phones-data-to-police-if-your-1636197341 https://gizmodo.com/apple-wont-turn-over-your-phones-data-to... that has magically disappeared from the linked "privacy" page.
  • tracker1 8y ago
    ... it would be impossible (without creating a back door that would potentially weaken the entire line). Though it's undisclosed what the consultancy had done.
    • lern_too_spel 8y ago
      Nonsense. Apple already has a backdoor. It has the signing key that would allow it to create the build the FBI specified if Apple wanted to access the data on the phone. (The only problem for the FBI was that Apple didn't want to access the data because Apple claimed it was technically infeasible in a lie to its customers.) Securing the key and securing the build are essentially the same thing. Keep both on premises, and that is exactly what the FBI specified.