Amaya Toman Apple is reportedly gearing up for a bizarre legal battle with the FBI. The subject of the dispute is the demands placed on the company regarding two iPhones belonging to the attacker from the military base in Pensacola, Florida. Attorney General William Barr accused the Cupertino company of not providing sufficient assistance in the investigation, but Apple rejects this claim.)
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David Hanak In one of his recent tweets, US President Donald Trump also took the company to task, criticizing Apple for "refusing to unlock phones used by assassins, drug dealers and other violent criminal elements." Apple is "privately preparing for a legal battle with the Justice Department," according to The New York Times. Barr has repeatedly called on Apple to help investigators get into the incriminating iPhones, but Apple — like in the San Bernardino shooter case several years ago — refuses to do so.
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Jaromir Miko But at the same time, the company denies that it is not assisting in the investigation, and in a recent official statement said that it is cooperating with law enforcement authorities to the best of its ability. "We responded to each request in a timely manner, typically within hours, and shared information with the FBI in Jacksonville, Pensacola, and New York," Apple said in a statement, adding that the volume of information provided amounted to "many GB." "In all cases, we responded with all the information we had," the Cupertino giant defends. The data that the company provided as part of the investigation included, for example, extensive iCloud backups. But investigators also need the content of encrypted messages from apps like WhatsApp or Signal.
The media are calling the yet-to-be-completed lawsuit bizarre because it involves older iPhones that certain companies can hack into without any problems - so the FBI can turn to them if necessary. The FBI resorted to this step years ago in the case of the aforementioned attacker from San Bernardino.
Source: 9to5Mac
