The San Bernadino shooter probably had a lot of bad stuff in his phone—stuff the FBI wanted to see.
So they went to war with Apple over unlocking it. The tech company resisted, arguing that the government should have no way to break encryption—on civil liberties grounds.
But the FBI announced they’d broken in. Apple was sniffy. Yet all seemed good as the court case was mothballed.
However, just a short while later, the FBI went back to court—their method, revealed to them by a confidential source, didn’t work on newer iPhones.
Heat Street field-tested one Internet method for getting into an old, locked iPhone using a four-digit code, your thumb and Siri.
Watch the video for more:
On newer, updated Apple devices (like my son’s iPad, last night) when I asked Siri the time, s/he will reply:
You have to unlock your phone first.
Hackers report that Apple has missed security screens on several prior versions of the iPhone.
For my money, Apple is a hypocrite over privacy. How many people know that what they say to Siri is reportedly stored—with a personal identifier—in Apple servers for at least two years?
Sirisly, dudes? Get your act together.