Should Apple hack the phone?

Hey, even 'they' are smarter and up to speed with electronics than most will give them credit for.

That reminds me, back in the early 90's, Nextel didn't have the ability to monitor (hint hint 'wire') their PTT frequency at one point....guess what was every street corner drug dealers cell phone of choice? Coincidental? I don't think so.....Word gets out fast.

 

it won't unlock unless you make eye contact with the phone... This is on purpose... It also won't unlock using a photo of you

 

So

when the cops want you to unlock it, you just have to keep your eyes shut?

 

Well, we're seeing more and more ways that it will unlock that Apple says it shouldn't so just give it a little more time to fail.

 

or even just avert your eyes... but yea, that's the idea... I haven't had my hands on one to see how well it actually works but they claim to have done some pretty extensive testing to avoid basically any situation where it will unlock without you wanting it to.

 

You could do something crazy, wild and unheard of and not use biometrics for security and just plug in your fancy schmancy six digit passcode...

 

I want to use 8675309 though.

(I hope none of you ever get ahold of my phone... LOL)

 

So this is back in the news.

"Barr Asks Apple to Unlock Pensacola Killer’s Phones, Setting Up Clash"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/politics/pensacola-shooting-iphones.html

 

And the answer should still be no.

 

I thought the FBI got into the last one. They seriously can’t get into this one? BS

 

They did, assuming we’re thinking of the same situation. They can get into them, it just takes a lot of work and a bit of luck. From the legal discovery that Apple performed last time, it seemed the Feds were/are deceptively trying to create a precedent of security override.

 

Security override?

 

Apple doesn't want anyone pushing in on their mass spying ring.