Judge Orders Apple To Help Unlock San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone
U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP
A U.S. magistrate on Tuesday ordered Apple to assist federal investigators with unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terror attackers.
More than two months after the attack that left 14 people dead at a California government center, the FBI has been unable to access a cell phone owned by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik because it is password protected and encrypted.
Judge Sheri Pym ordered Apple to hand over software to the FBI that would allow it to beat a security feature on the iPhone that erases all data after a number of unsuccessful password attempts, according to an AP report.
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Last week, FBI director James Comey addressed the difficulties the bureau faced in the two months following the shootings, calling for tech companies to comply with court orders to assist with investigations.
"I don't want a door, I don't want a window, I don't want a sliding glass door," Comey said. "I would like people to comply with court orders, and that's the conversation we're trying to have."
Apple did not immediately respond to a BuzzFeed News request for comment.
According to a statement on the company's privacy policy, written by CEO Tim Cook, Apple has "never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services. We have also never allowed access to our servers. And we never will."
Cook elaborated on the statement last December on 60 Minutes. "There have been people that suggest we should have a backdoor. But the reality is, if you put a backdoor in, that backdoor is for everybody, for good guys and bad guys," he said. "I don't believe that the tradeoff here is privacy versus national security. I think that's an overly simplistic view. We're America. We should have both."
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