Apple intends to make it hard for others to hack our iPhones, even the FED's can't do it! Unreal!!
AND......they have to wait in line for Apple to get to them and open the device. They don't have that problem with Google devices. Small items that are seldom shared with the public that should be important to them.....oh how they need to push the benefits of our products that are only told to us via vendors other than Apple. Dang, they are so quiet over so many things. Remember when the Lexus first come out? Remember the ball bearing smoothly rolling round the car's seams with such tight tolerances the ball never came out of the groves? Remember them taking the car down a railroad track across the ties all the while there were two glasses of wine smoothly ridding in the back seat? On and on these advertisements ran propelling the Lexus to heights the Infinity could only dream of yet both cars were both introduced to the American public the same year.......O.K. Apple, get your accolades out to the public, not just a few of us that follow the company! John Why is Law Enforcement on this iPhone Waiting List? By Nathanael Arnold May 11, 2013 How secure is Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone encryption? Apparently it is secure enough that government agencies are being placed on a waiting list to get assistance from Apple to unlock its devices. According to a report on CNET, one ATF agent spent three fruitless months inquiring about decryption assistance from various other government agencies. After failing to find someone “with the forensic capabilities to unlock” an iPhone 4S, the agent went to the Cupertino-based company and was placed on the waiting list. The typical waiting period on the list is almost two months. Although Apple’s iPad and iPhone devices have strong encryption software, Apple does possess the capabilities to bypass its own devices’ security. An ATF affidavit examined by CNET reveals that Apple can transfer an iPhone user’s data to an external hard drive which can then be given to law enforcement. Although it is apparent that Apple has its own methods for circumventing its security software, it isn’t clear if this is done through a software “backdoor” or if Apple is simply better at unlocking their own devices using the same decryption methods that government agencies use. Due to the growing use of encryption software, FBI director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2011 that, “A growing gap exists between the statutory authority of law enforcement to intercept electronic communications pursuant to court order and our practical ability to intercept those communications.”
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