APPLE PHONE FINALLY UNLOCKED BY THE FBI
The FBI has finally gotten a headway in their fight to hack the iphone of San Bernadino terrorist Sayed Farouk as they drop the court case seeking the assistance of apple to help unlock the said phone ending months feud between the FBI and Apple.
"[Following the hacking], there is at least a moral obligation on behalf of the FBI to close the vulnerability."
The surprise development also punctured the temporary perception that Apple's security might have been good enough to keep consumers' personal information safe even from the US government - with the tremendous resources it can expend when it wants to uncover something.
People would now rethink on their privacy and safety before going for iphone products.
The FBI used a special software and exploited a glitch in the iphone software. Hackers around the world have gone to work crucially from this monet on to see what they can do to tear the phone's seemingly impregnable features apart, piece by piece.
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Aljazeera Reports that Apple and other tech companies have said they feel increasing need to protect their customers' data from hackers and unfriendly intruders. But the police and other government authorities have warned that encryption and other data-protection measures are making it more difficult for investigators to track criminals and dangerous extremists.
"From the beginning, we objected to the FBI's demand that Apple build a back door into the iPhone because we believed it was wrong and would set a dangerous precedent," Apple said in a statement.
"From the beginning, we objected to the FBI's demand that Apple build a back door into the iPhone because we believed it was wrong and would set a dangerous precedent," Apple said in a statement.
A NEW QUESTION
The brief court notice left important questions unanswered: Who showed the FBI how to break into iPhones? How did the government bypass the security features that Apple has invested millions of dollars to build into its flagship product? Are newer iPhones vulnerable to the same hacking technique?
HOW SAFE IS IPHONE NOW??
"With this vulnerability in existence, people that have a similar version of iPhone are at risk of attacks from malicious people that could use the same vulnerability," Drew Mitnick, a Policy Counsel at Access Now, told Al Jazeera."[Following the hacking], there is at least a moral obligation on behalf of the FBI to close the vulnerability."
The surprise development also punctured the temporary perception that Apple's security might have been good enough to keep consumers' personal information safe even from the US government - with the tremendous resources it can expend when it wants to uncover something.
People would now rethink on their privacy and safety before going for iphone products.
The FBI used a special software and exploited a glitch in the iphone software. Hackers around the world have gone to work crucially from this monet on to see what they can do to tear the phone's seemingly impregnable features apart, piece by piece.
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