Fbi Iphone Encryption

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  FBI Warns Texts Between Android And iPhone Could Be Targeted By Chinese Hackers, Shares Safety Tips

  FBI urged citizens to use encryption to secure their communications amid a massive Chinese cyberattack.

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  Apple iCloud Backups: How Much of Your iPhone Data Is End-to-End Encrypted and What About Android Backups?

  Apple’s iCloud backups feature has found itself under spotlight today. iPhone maker had planned to enable end-to-end encryption for the iPhone and iPad cloud backups back in 2018 but it dropped the plan after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) complained. The end-to-end encryption would have made the user data completely secure.

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  Apple Said to Have Dropped Plan for Encrypting iPhone Backups After FBI Complained

  Apple dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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  FBI Sought iPhone Order Before Exhausting Options In 2015 Shooting Case: US Inspector General

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not exhaust possible solutions to unlock an iPhone connected to a gunman involved in a late-2015 shooting spree before seeking a court order to compel Apple Inc to help access the device, a U.S. Justice Department internal watchdog said on Tuesday.

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  FBI Allowed by US Court to Keep iPhone Hacking Tool a Secret

  The court, in its final ruling on Sunday, said the FBI would not be forced to reveal details of a hacking tool used to break into a terrorist's iPhone.

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  Push for US Encryption Law Falters Despite Apple Case Spotlight

  Now, only months later, much of the support is gone, and the push for legislation dead, according to sources in congressional offices, the administration and the tech sector.

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  Hacking Terrorist's iPhone Was Easy Compared to Next FBI Hurdle

  Apps like WhatsApp automatically encrypt texts, phone calls, and other data, a problem for national security and criminal investigations, says the FBI.

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  FBI Chief Defends Purchase of iPhone Hacking Tool

  The FBI spent what Comey said was "a lot of money" to buy the tool from a company that specializes in such exploits.

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  LAPD Cracked an iPhone 5s During the Time FBI Couldn't Crack iPhone 5c

  The successful hack of the iPhone 5s in the Los Angeles case is another sign U.S. authorities are turning to third-party contractors.

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  FBI Paid Under $1 Million to Unlock San Bernardino iPhone: Reports

  FBI Director James Comey last week said the agency paid more to get into the iPhone than he will make in the remaining seven years and four months he has in his job.

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  FBI Says It Won't Disclose How It Accessed Locked iPhone

  FBI said it did not "purchase the rights to technical details about how the method functions."

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  FBI Decides Provisionally Not to Share iPhone Hack Method: Reports

  Several US government sources said the FBI contractor that unlocked the iPhone did not give authorities details of the mechanism.

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  Apple Says FBI Gave It First Vulnerability Tip on April 14

  The vulnerability that was disclosed to Apple involved older versions of the iPhone and the Mac, Apple said.

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  FBI Chief Warns Of 'Costs' To Strong Encryption

  FBI Director James Comey called Tuesday for a discussion of the "costs" of strong encryption now that a legal battle over access to the iPhone used by a California attacker has ended.

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  US Drops New York Fight With Apple After Gaining Access to iPhone

  Someone provided authorities the passcode to access the device.