Tim Cook Reveals What Privacy Advocacy Really Is

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http://www.extremetech.com/computing/223...g-strategy
Heck, one of the commenters in the Neowin article was saying the same thing. The claims about the FBI might be FUD, but it reminds me of the fact that this model of iPhone is less secure than later models and thus could be used to try to set precedent for handling more recent iPhone models.

An Apple executive says this move by the DOJ is simply an attempt to argue its case in the court of public opinion, Reuters reports — ironic when you consider that’s essentially what the DOJ is accusing Apple of doing. Another Apple exec said Congress should be taking up the issue, not the courts.
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Apple has also noted that it attempted to help the FBI with the initial investigation by accessing the data on Farook’s iPhone in conventional ways. For example, if it’s on a trusted Wi-Fi network, the iPhone can automatically back up its data, allowing it to be intercepted. However, the new filing reveals that the FBI made this impossible when it asked the city of San Bernardino to reset the Apple ID associated with the phone (it was Farook’s work device). This prevents the phone from backing up its data until authenticated with the unlock PIN. Some might even suggest this was an intentional move to set up the tussle over encryption, which the DOJ hopes it can win and use to set a precedent.