Sunday, April 3, 2016

FBI offers help police break into iPhones – NU.nl

The FBI offers help through a message that has been given to the police. The site Buzz Feed has seen the memo and got confirmed.

It is the investigation department managed to penetrate the iPhone one of the gunmen in the massacre in San Bernardino. The FBI has received previous assistance of a third party.



Debate

The encryption of the iPhone 5c of the alleged terrorist has led to a fierce debate about privacy and encryption. The FBI wanted to Apple with a lawsuit forcing write software to get into the phone.

Apple refused to write the software, because it would be the security of all iPhones at stake. Just before the trial began, the FBI announced that it received assistance break.

It seems that the FBI wants to use technique for breaking iPhones in other iPhones in criminal matters and police forces such matters as seeking to help.

technology

Key developers at Apple and other experts believe that the manner in which the FBI iPhone now breaks open, likely to leak.

to penetrate uses a security hole. Once it is clear where the leak is, Apple will close as soon as possible.

Forensic expert Jonathan Zdziarski therefore expects that the technique can be used only a few months. According to the FBI operates the service within the framework of the law

By:. NU.nl/Reuters

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