> From: Lauren Weinstein <lau...@vortex.com> > Date: June 14, 2018 at 7:18:37 AM GMT+9 > To: nnsq...@nnsquad.org > Subject: [ NNSquad ] [EXCELLENT!] Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That > Police Use to Crack Devices > > > [EXCELLENT!] Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to > Crack Devices > > https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/technology/apple-iphone-police.html > > But now Apple is closing the technological loophole that let > authorities hack into iPhones, angering police and other > officials and reigniting a debate over whether the government > has a right to get into the personal devices that are at the > center of modern life. Apple said it was planning an iPhone > software update that would effectively disable the phone's > charging and data port -- the opening where users plug in > headphones, power cables and adapters -- an hour after the > phone is locked. In order to transfer data to or from the > iPhone using the port, a person would first need to enter the > phone's password. (Phones could still be charged without a > password.) > > - - - > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren > Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com > Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortex.com/google-issues > Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org > PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein > Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 > _______________________________________________ > nnsquad mailing list > https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad _______________________________________________ Infowarrior mailing list Infowarrior@attrition.org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/infowarrior
