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US Judge in Boston Ordered Apple to Help Law Enforcement Examine iPhone

April 11, 2016 SrijitaApple, Boston, Enforcement, Examine, Help, In, iPhone, Judge, Law, Ordered, to, US

A US magistrate judge in Boston ordered Apple Inc to assist law enforcement officers in examining the iPhone of an alleged gang member, according to a February 1 court filing unsealed on Friday that is no longer binding. “Reasonable technical assistance consists of, to the extent possible, extracting data from the device, copying the data from the device onto an external hard drive or other storage medium and returning the aforementioned storage medium to law enforcement,” US Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler wrote before a similar case in San Bernardino drew…

Apple Encryption Engineers, if Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist

March 22, 2016 SrijitaApple, Encryption:, Engineers, if, iPhone, Might, Ordered, Resist, to, Unlock

If the FBI wins its court fight to force Apple’s help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may run into yet another roadblock: Apple’s engineers. Apple employees are discussing what they will do if ordered to help law enforcement authorities. Some say they may balk at the work, while others may even quit their high-paying jobs rather than undermine the security of the software they have created, according to more than a half-dozen current and former Apple employees. Among those interviewed were Apple engineers who are involved in the development…