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MI5 head wants 'exceptional access' to encrypted communicationsThe increased use of encryption has made the Internet a "wild west, unregulated, inaccessible to authorities, according to chief of British security …
... debate, most recently involving the FBI's investigation of the Pensacola shooting. While the FBI and US Attorney General William ... -
Apple & big tech urged to fight online child sexual abuse with more vigorAttorney General William Barr has urged Apple and other tech giants to fight child sexual-abuse material circulation in a set of voluntary principles…
... during the FBI investigation into the Pensacola shooting. The FBI and Barr ... -
iOS 14 leaks are proof why there should never be an encryption backdoorThere is nobody keener than an Apple fan to take a leaked version of iOS, pore over it in depth, and find out all its hidden secrets -- except one. E…
... hats will use this backdoor. FBI Director Comey wants an encryption ... actually be anyone in the FBI, or any law enforcement agency ... -
Law enforcement can crack iPhones just fine without a backdoorLaw enforcement agencies may be able to access data on locked iPhones more often than they're letting on, an analysis of hundreds of search warrants …
... Cellebrite. In a statement, an FBI spokesperson told the publication that ... -
U.S. Senate, Google ban Zoom days after its launch of 'security council'Following two weeks of escalating privacy and security concerns about video conferencing platform Zoom, the U.S. Senate and Google have both banned i…
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New Grayshift spyware lets police surreptitiously snatch iPhone passcodesMobile forensics firm Grayshift is marketing a software tool that can reveal a user's iPhone passcode without cracking the device, according to a new…
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Judge rules that viewing an iPhone lock screen qualifies as a searchA Seattle-based District Judge has ruled that law enforcement agencies may not look at a phone's lock screen without a warrant as it violates Fourth …
... during the arrest and the FBI later looking at the phone ... may have been okay, the FBI taking a photograph of it ... actions unlawful. However, when the FBI took possession of the phone ... constitutionally protected area-- as the FBI did here-- it is 'unnecessary ... -
Tesla detains would-be thief, senator's iPhone seized in the Apple Crime BlotterA Tesla owner uses an app to lock a thief inside the car, a fake iPhone seller is sought, Snowden device hack claims, and other news from the Apple c…
... over his iPhone to the FBI on May 13 once wrote ... enforcement source said that the FBI had served a warrant to ... -
House leaders agree to vote on amendment to bar warrantless browser history searchesLeaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have struck a new deal to protect Americans from warrantless searches of their browsing history. <div…
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Apple reportedly wins rights to Martin Scorsese-directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio a...Apple has reportedly won rights to "Killers Of The Flower Moon," a high-profile and hotly contested film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonar…
... And The Birth Of The FBI," a mystery that chronicles an FBI investigation into the murders of ... -
Zoom plans encryption upgrade just for paid usersVideo conferencing tool Zoom is planning to improve its security with stronger encryption, but only for paying customers and not those using the free…
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Fake AirPods, Apple thefts, and fruit bags in the Apple Crime BlotterIn this week's Apple Crime Blotter there's more on the Apple Store looting instances, an iPhone sale led to a murder in Alabama, and iPhone evidence …
... evidence used against man who FBI says planned possible ISIS attack ... the Islamic State, and the FBI says it found incriminating videos ... was actually an undercover FBI agent. Tthe FBI claims that while monitoring ... -
Republican bill seeks end to 'warrant-proof' encryptionU.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, a bill that seeks to weaken encryption technologies that have …
... 2016 refused to comply with FBI requests to create a "backdoor ... -
Murder plots and cult exposure via iCloud in the Apple Crime BlotterAn alleged looter gets looted himself, an iPhone photo is part of a public corruption probe, and more on the Apple crime blotter. <div align="cen…
... inside Los Angeles City Council ... @FBI and US prosecutors unveil major ... seized his iPhones. In 2018, FBI agents had taken Nader's ... -
Apple TV+ picks up rights to thriller 'Snow Blind' in six-way bidding warApple has secured more content for its <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-tv-plus">Apple TV </a> catalog, with the acquisition of graphic…
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Ghislaine Maxwell's iPhone and bullets in an iPhone box in the Apple Crime BlotterA man sentenced for a scheme to steal Demi Moore's credit card, an international influencer arrested, blocking signals with aluminum foil, and more o…
... Epstein, was raided last month, FBI agents found a cell phone ... to the U.S. The FBI affidavit states that iPhone and ... -
Teenager arrested for masterminding Twitter hackA 17 year-old has been arrested in Tampa, Florida and is accused of being the lead actor behind the Twitter cryptocurrency hack. <div align="cente…
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New Jersey Court rules suspects can be compelled to hand over phone passcodesThe New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled a defendant can be forced to give up their iPhone's passcode, a decision that goes against arguments that such…
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The road to $2 trillion -- Tim Cook took charge of Apple on August 24, 2011While he'd filled in for <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/Steve-Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> before, August 24, 2011 was the day when Apple formally …
... not exactly popular at the FBI, for instance. Yet even has ... and given in to the FBI. Instead, he has publicly said ... -
Facebook-owned Instagram also chafing at Apple's App Store controlInstagram's CEO stands in lockstep with Facebook's stance that Apple will hurt small businesses more than big corporations with ad tracking limits --…
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GrayShift's GrayKey iPhone forensics tool disassembled in FCC photosNew images of GrayShift's GrayKey have surfaced via an FCC filing, giving a close look at the iPhone unlocking device in use by law enforcement offic…
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Apple helped feds to catch man accused of burning cop cars in the Apple Crime BlotterVideo shows officer trying to unlock a man's iPhone, a monkey takes selfies in Malaysia, what went on with the Mueller team's iPhones, and more crime…
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DOJ formalizes request for encryption back-doorsThe US Department of Justice, in conjunction with the "Five Eyes" nations, has issued a statement asking Apple and other tech companies to effectivel…
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Russian airline crew charged in $50 million Apple device smuggling schemeA U.S. investigation has concluded that a handful of Aeroflot Airlines employees helped smuggle at least $50 million in stolen goods, including <a hr…
... . Following an investigation by the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, and ... director-in-charge of the FBI's New York Field Office ... -
The Kremlin responds to Aeroflot smuggling arrests in the Apple Crime BlotterThe strange story of Hunter Biden's MacBook, an iPhone stolen from an Erie Canal lock, sentencing for an iPhone-stealing postal worker, and more from…
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Atlanta Apple Store shooting arrest, COVID fund theft in the Apple Crime BlotterArrest made in Atlanta Apple Store shooting, a caning for an iPhone thief in Nigeria, a man accused of thefts in Canada said to wipe iPhone to cover …
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Attackers breach cybersecurity firm FireEye, steal hacking toolsCybersecurity firm FireEye says that it was hacked by a nation-state attacker who made off with many of its hacking tools and data related to governm…
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Cellebrite and other iPhone hacking tools purchased by U.S. public schoolsU.S. public schools are acquiring forensic tools meant for police and military use to hack into student and faculty <a title="iPhone" href="https://a…
... facilities and institutions like the FBI continue to seek backdoors for ... agencies. While police and the FBI have been known to deal ... it was discovered that the FBI had purchased at least $2 ... -
Foreign hackers breach US Treasury DepartmentThe U.S. Treasury Department and Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration have been breached by hackers worki…
... blame. Federal agencies including the FBI are starting to investigate the ... -
2020 in review: AppleInsider's favorite articles of the yearIt's been a long year, and Apple has been surprisingly active throughout all of it. As we wind down the year, the AppleInsider staff recaps their fav…
... "collective freedom." Mike Wuerthele The FBI's iPhone encryption backdoor demand ... unsafe and now unwarranted The FBI's attempt to get Apple ...
