Attorney General Barr demands Apple unlock iPhones in Pensacola shooting
US Attorney coque iphone cable General William Barr has coque iphone 6 lyon publicly asked Apple to unlock a pair of iPhones used by the gunman who killed three people in Pensacola, Florida in December, complaining Apple has so far provided no “substantive assistance” to the investigation.
Attorney General William Barr with President Donald Trump
The public request by Barr on Monday follows a similar demand by the FBI six coque iphone pinguoin days prior, when Apple coque iphone xr cuir magnetique was asked to help unlock two iPhones thought to be owned by Mohammed Saeed Alshamrami. cover custodia case iphone 11 O0677 venom wallpaper 67oY0 coque samsung Alshamrani is suspected to be the shooter coque iphone 4 pour at an attack on the Naval coque iphone 8 nasa Air Station in Pensacola, Florida last month. Custodia Cover iphone 11 pro max Supreme Trend Superman Hero Logo L2006 Case coque samsung Apple declined to provide more help beyond what it has already given the investigation, as it would effectively undermine coque iphone 4 pas cher cdiscount the security of its hardware and software.
Apple has provided no “substantive assistance” to the investigation according to Barr, reports the New York Times. cover iphone 11 airbus coque iphone So far, Apple has provided access to data from the gunman’s iCloud account, but not coque iphone xr transparente motif fleur anything stored locally on the iPhones that may differ from the iCloud data it does not have coque iphone xr disney rouge that information.
According to Justice Department officials, access is required coque iphone 7 boheme so investigators can see messages sent via encrypted messaging services, to determine if he worked alone or with others.
Barr declared the attack an act of terrorism, citing the shooter’s motivation “by jihadist ideology.” This included inflammatory social media posts just before the attack took place, as well as marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks warning “the countdown has begun,” and a visit to the 9/11 coque portefeuille transparente iphone xr memorial in New York at Thanksgiving.
The public plea also contained a continuation of the encryption debate, with Barr urging “This situation perfectly illustrates why it is critical coque iphone 5 air jacket that the public be able to get access to digital evidence.” Barr has previously waded into the debate, calling for the creation of backdoors that somehow do not weaken encryption, coque iphone 3 one direction yet still provide access for law enforcement officials.
Apple has yet to comment on the latest statement from coque iphone 5s style Barr. bijoux pas cher AppleInsider has reached out for comment.
For the FBI request, Apple advised it had the “greatest respect for law enforcement, and have always worked cooperatively to help in their investigations.” The Statement added “When the FBI requested information from us relating to this case a month ago, we gave them all of the data in our possession and we will continue to support coque iphone 6 silicone tablette chocolat them with the data we have coque iphone xr avec un coeur available.”The FBI and other security agencies have previously sought the assistance of third party firms in earlier investigations involving iPhones. Custodia Cover iphone 11 pro max One Piece Monkey D. Luffy L0546 Case Most famously, this includes when the FBI hired Cellebrite to unlock the iPhone of the gunman involved in the San Bernardino case.
In December 2015, a terrorist attack in San Bernardino resulted in the deaths of 14 people. An iPhone 5C belonging to one of the attackers was recovered but was locked. coque iphone In February 2016, a Federal judge ordered Apple to unlock a gunman’s iPhone 5C but Apple refused the order. cover custodia case iphone 11 X6679 emoji swag wallpaper 19vZ6 As with this latest request, Apple offered all the data that it had, but refused to create a backdoor into its iOS encryption.
Tim coque iphone 7 fox Cook later said he had hoped the case would go to trial with the DOJ in order to publicly raise all of the security and privacy issues.
The FBI ultimately hired a third party company, believed amazon coque iphone 4 marvel to be Cellebrite, to break into the phone. cover custodia case iphone 11 E0366 wallpaper aesthetic 70xH2 coque iphone The agency was reported to have spent $900,000 but wouldn’t confirm if useful data was recovered.
However, separate law enforcement sources later said that the iPhone had yielded no pertinent information.
Since coque iphone 5 liege the San Bernardino case, Apple coque iphone 5s fc metz has created a page on its website specifically for law enforcement officials to request what data the company has.
Apple also said that it was working coque iphone 6 renault sport to train law enforcement on the issues coque iphone marque luxe surrounding such cases.
“We are building a team of professionals dedicated to training law enforcement officers globally, which will significantly increase our ability to reach smaller police forces and agencies,” said Apple at the time. Custodia Cover iphone 11 pro max Danny Phantom Z4612 Case coque iphone “This will include the development of an online training module for officers.
