iPhone War: The Justice Department Is Taking On Apple Over Encryption (Again) – Yahoo News

In the wake of last months shooting at a Pensacola, Florida, naval base, Attorney General William Barr isputting pressureon Apple to help FBI investigators unlock two of the shooters iPhones. Followers of these issues will recall a similarpressure campaignin 2016 to force Apple to decrypt the San Bernardino, California, shooters iPhone. In that case, the FBI ultimatelyhiredan external company to break the encryption, at a cost of over $1 million.

One might think that the FBIs current efforts mean that iPhone encryption has advanced such that only Apple has the capability to unlock the shooters iPhones, but depending on the exact model of the Pensacola shooters phone, the FBI could payas little as$15,000 to reach the data locked inside. However, if commercially available solutions dont work, its likely there isno way for Appleto unlock the phone without its passcode.

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