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Old 03-21-2016, 05:27 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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Can you believe that? The night before they're supposed to go to court on this issue with Apple, they're now saying they may have found a way to get into Farook's phone.

We've been saying they could do it all along. Why the change of heart now?
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:32 PM
 
Location: a declining nation
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Maybe the NSA got through to them that creating backdoor software is not a good idea ?
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:33 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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They said a third party gave them a way and they did not need Apple anymore. I bet Apple is dying to know what they are going to do. (and they're not telling)
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:40 PM
 
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Anon - the NSA probably told them they could hand over the records at any time.

Ponderosa, I never thought they really needed Apple for the one phone - it seemed they were trying to set a precedent for future phones. So this is a real head scratcher.
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:44 PM
 
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Anon - the NSA probably told them they could hand over the records at any time.

Ponderosa, I never thought they really needed Apple for the one phone - it seemed they were trying to set a precedent for future phones. So this is a real head scratcher.
Last I read over 200 additional iPhones were "lined up" on that judges order.

Maybe the judge woke up to what they were after ?
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:45 PM
 
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maybe they took up mcafees offer to hack it....
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:46 PM
 
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D'uh, they have been able to do that from the beginning, I am sure. This was a show for all us stupid civilians, so we will start believing that we actually have some privacy from the NSA.
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:47 PM
 
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Whatever. I'm glad they backed down. What they wanted would have put us on the road to fascism.
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:49 PM
 
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If they really did have to work at it, makes me wonder how many iPhones they bricked before they figured it out.
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Old 03-21-2016, 05:53 PM
 
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It has been long argued in some circles that the NSA always had the ability to break into the phone and this whole thing was simply a ploy on the part of the FBI to set a precedent. It has also been a long standing feud going on in the background between the FBI and the White House over the issue.

Heard an interesting interview with Richard Clarke former former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism where he essentially sided with Apple.

http://fortune.com/2016/03/14/apple-...rd-clarke-npr/
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