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US DoJ files motion to compel Apple to obey FBI iPhone crack order

         

tangor

5:45 am on Feb 21, 2016 (gmt 0)

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The US Department of Justice has today filed a motion compelling Apple to comply with a court order to help the FBI break into a killer's iPhone.

On Tuesday, a magistrate judge in central California granted an order filed by the Feds that requires Apple to reprogram San Bernardino murderer Syed Farook's smartphone with a custom build of iOS. This tailored firmware must allow agents to quickly guess Farook's passcode, and thus unlock his device, without triggering an iOS feature that wipes the iPhone after 10 wrong PIN attempts.

[theregister.co.uk...]

If the Feds can compel Apple to do this for the San Bernadino killer's iPhone, who will they go after next?