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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSnowden: FBI's claim it can't unlock the San Bernardino iPhone is 'bull****'
Source: The Guardian
Snowden: FBI's claim it can't unlock the San Bernardino iPhone is 'bullshit'
NSA whistleblower rubbishes claims that only Apple can unlock killers
iPhone 5C, indicating FBI has the means itself
Samuel Gibbs
Wednesday 9 March 2016 11.30 GMT
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower whose NSA revelations sparked a debate on mass surveillance, has waded into the arguments over the FBIs attempt to force Apple to help it unlock the iPhone 5C of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
The FBI says that only Apple can deactivate certain passcode protections on the iPhone, which will allow law enforcement to guess the passcode by using brute-force.
Talking via video link from Moscow to the Common Cause Blueprint for a Great Democracy conference, Snowden said: The FBI says Apple has the exclusive technical means to unlock the phone. Respectfully, thats bullshit.
Snowden then went on to tweet his support for an American Civil Liberties Union report saying that the FBIs claims in the case are fraudulent.
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NSA whistleblower rubbishes claims that only Apple can unlock killers
iPhone 5C, indicating FBI has the means itself
Samuel Gibbs
Wednesday 9 March 2016 11.30 GMT
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower whose NSA revelations sparked a debate on mass surveillance, has waded into the arguments over the FBIs attempt to force Apple to help it unlock the iPhone 5C of one of the San Bernardino shooters.
The FBI says that only Apple can deactivate certain passcode protections on the iPhone, which will allow law enforcement to guess the passcode by using brute-force.
Talking via video link from Moscow to the Common Cause Blueprint for a Great Democracy conference, Snowden said: The FBI says Apple has the exclusive technical means to unlock the phone. Respectfully, thats bullshit.
Snowden then went on to tweet his support for an American Civil Liberties Union report saying that the FBIs claims in the case are fraudulent.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/09/edward-snowden-fbi-san-bernardino-iphone-bullshit-nsa-apple
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Snowden: FBI's claim it can't unlock the San Bernardino iPhone is 'bull****' (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2016
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SCantiGOP
(13,856 posts)1. an oxymoron?
"Respectfully, that's bullshit"
The two parts don't seem to fit together.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)2. Who? Oh yeah Snowy! The pretend hacker that actually just used his co-workers passwords LOL
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)3. Oh, so now the snowflake works for Apple?
He must be if he's so confident of knowing exactly what Apple is or isn't capable of doing...
unc70
(6,095 posts)4. He might know it is possible for others, not just Apple
Do not expect the NSA to disclose just what it can do, certainly not for a case like this. It would compromise far more important situations.