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Apple Gave the DOJ and FBI everything they had but not what they wanted, which was access to the Terrorists videos, Contact list +

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Apple went into defensive mode this afternoon by trying to get around the fact that they didn't allow the FBI into the iPhone which was what the FBI originally needed and wanted from Apple.

 

Everything else that Apple provided may have been interesting to the FBI, but according to what was revealed in the press conference earlier today, it wasn't what they really needed to unravel who this terrorist was connected with.   

 

By having access to the iPhone's data they were able to watch videos that the terrorist took scouting the facilities in Pensacola and reading the contact information with the Al Qaeda group along with phone numbers etc. Real proof of the terrorist working with Al Qaeda is what they were hoping for and were able to obtain. It's information that Apple didn't want to assist the FBI in obtaining.

 

Apple's Response

 

The terrorist attack on members of the US armed services at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida was a devastating and heinous act. Apple responded to the FBI’s first requests for information just hours after the attack on December 6, 2019 and continued to support law enforcement during their investigation.

 

We provided every piece of information available to us, including iCloud backups, account information and transactional data for multiple accounts, and we lent continuous and ongoing technical and investigative support to FBI offices in Jacksonville, Pensacola and New York over the months since.On this and many thousands of other cases, we continue to work around-the-clock with the FBI and other investigators who keep Americans safe and bring criminals to justice.

 

As a proud American company, we consider supporting law enforcement’s important work our responsibility.

 

The false claims made about our company are an excuse to weaken encryption and other security measures that protect millions of users and our national security. It is because we take our responsibility to national security so seriously that we do not believe in the creation of a backdoor — one which will make every device vulnerable to bad actors who threaten our national security and the data security of our customers.

 

There is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys, and the American people do not have to choose between weakening encryption and effective investigations.

 

Customers count on Apple to keep their information secure and one of the ways in which we do so is by using strong encryption across our devices and servers. We sell the same iPhone everywhere, we don’t store customers’ passcodes and we don’t have the capacity to unlock passcode-protected devices.

 

In data centers, we deploy strong hardware and software security protections to keep information safe and to ensure there are no backdoors into our systems. All of these practices apply equally to our operations in every country in the world." You could read more in the Bloomberg report.

 

As we noted in our earlier report, Apple has forced the Government to turn to the legislation process to force them to comply with all court orders which would include opening iPhones on demand. This process is already in the works. Patently Apple covered this in a February report titled "Legislation in the works could remove immunity that currently protects tech companies from having to Assist Law Enforcement."

 

Apple will have to pray that Trump isn't reelected because this legislation is likely to be pushed hard in 2021 if Trump wins in November.

 

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