The FBI has had two high profile cases in the last two months related to getting Apple to unlock a couple of iPhones. The Apple iPhone 5c belonging to deceased terrorist Syed Farook was finally opened by a third party, thus preventing a showdown between the government and Apple. Despite conflicting reports, it appears that the FBI did manage to learn something new from the information they obtained from the phone.The second case involved an Apple iPhone 5s that belongs to admitted meth dealer Jun Feng, who swears that he doesn’t remember the passcode on his device. Once again, the Feds sought a court order to demand that Apple unlock Feng’s phone. And once again, a third party appeared to help the FBI unlock the phone in question. This time, it wasn’t an expensive security outfit (one report claims that the FBI paid over $1 million to unlock Farook’s phone), but an unnamed individual who approached the FBI with the passcode to the dealer’s handset. It is unclear how this individual got the correct passcode. Did he know Feng? At this point,, until the FBI reveals more information, everything is conjecture including the rumor that it was Feng himself who… Read full this story
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