“Court records released on Tuesday show the U.S. Justice Department has in the last four months sought court orders to force Apple Inc. to help investigators extract data from 15 devices in cases across the country,” Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.
“The disclosure comes amid a heated dispute between Apple and federal investigators over access to a locked iPhone belonging to one of the killers in December’s mass-shooting in San Bernardino, California,” Raymond reports. “In a letter unsealed on Tuesday addressed to a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, overseeing one such case, Apple said it had received requests since October to assist law enforcement in accessing 13 other devices.”
“Prosecutors said they were aware of a 15th case filed in Massachusetts, in their own letter filed late on Monday ahead of the unsealing of Apple’s Feb. 17 list of cases,” Raymond reports. “According to Apple’s letter, the technology company has objected to providing law enforcement assistance with regards to at least 12 of the 15 devices so far.”
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MacDailyNews Take: So much for this only being about “one iPhone. The U.S. government lied. Big surprise.
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Congressman Ted Lieu asks FBI to drop demand that Apple hack iPhones – February 23, 2016
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Here are the 12 other cases where the U.S. government has demanded Apple help it hack into iPhones – February 23, 2016
John McAfee blasts FBI for ‘illiterate’ order to create Apple iPhone backdoor – February 23, 2016
Some family members of San Bernardino victims back U.S. government – February 23, 2016
Apple supporters to rally worldwide today against U.S. government demand to unlock iPhone – February 23, 2016
U.S. government seeks to force Apple to extract data from a dozen more iPhones – February 23, 2016
Apple CEO Cook: They’d have to cart us out in a box before we’d create a backdoor – February 22, 2016
Tim Cook’s memo to Apple employees: ‘This case is about more than a single phone’ – February 22, 2016
Obama administration: We’re only demanding Apple hack just one iPhone – February 17, 2016
Any word about how many non-Apple devices they are demanding manufacturer’s assistance to access the data?
It could be that they already have the means to do so on everything other than iPhones.
Never trust the FBI.
James B. Comey.
Pants… on fire.
So.. TC campaigns for “human rights” (homosexual acceptance) and for the bizarre right to hamper law enforcement here in the States, while doing business in China where voting and free expression of views is banned and govt. snooping is the norm.
Yeah Tim. That’s not inconsistent in the least.
One Star for hypocrisy.
Moron, logic is calling. iPhones in China run the same version of iOS in the states with the same encryption. Apple has stated that they have never unlocked any iPhone for ANYONE.
Actually, you are completely wrong.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/17/apple-unlocked-iphones-for-the-feds-70-times-before.html
It just happens that thedailybeast was wrong:
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/no-apple-has-not-unlocked-70-iphones-for-law-enforcement/
Not surprising, lying and that government is becoming like baseball and eating baked Apple pie.