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FBI still deciding whether to allow review of San Bernardino iPhone exploitThe FBI has yet to decide whether an exploit used to crack the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook will even be reviewed for possible…
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FBI's first vulnerability tip to Apple came on April 14 for already-patched flawApple on Tuesday said the FBI divulged its first vulnerability tip under a White House process for sharing digital security flaws with private corpor…
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FBI says San Bernardino iPhone hack won't be submitted to review group for possible disclosureThe FBI will not be submitting the exploit used to hack into the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook to a review process that could c…
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FBI reportedly paid less than $1M for San Bernardino iPhone exploitA report on Thursday claims the U.S. Federal Bureau of investigation spent less than $1 million on an exploit used to access an iPhone tied to last y…
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Los Angeles court orders woman to unlock Touch ID-equipped iPhone for FBIThrough a Los Angeles court, the FBI recently obtained a warrant forcing a woman to unlock an iPhone equipped with Apple's Touch ID fingerprint techn…
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FBI should disclose iPhone vulnerability to Apple, Edward Snowden saysInfamous NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has once again weighed in on the Apple-FBI battle, this time saying that the bureau should disclose the vul…
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FBI director says legal war on encryption far from overFBI Director James Comey on Wednesday said the U.S. government will continue to wage legal war with tech companies to gain access to encrypted device…
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US Senate introduces bill that would limit FBI's power to remotely hack devicesThe FBI's attempt to expand its surveillance and hacking authority, spotlighted by a public spat over encryption with Apple, has met resistance from …
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FBI director calls for restart of smartphone encryption debateFBI Director James Comey appears ready to relaunch the debate about encryption legislation with tech companies before "something terrible happens," a…
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FBI sued to divulge info on San Bernardino iPhone 5c encryption hackA trio of journalistic establishments have filed a freedom of information lawsuit, attempting to compel the FBI to divulge information about the hack…
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FBI investigation of Minn. mall mass stabbing may rekindle iPhone encryption debateThe FBI has the phone of Minnesota alleged terrorist and mass-stabbing perpetrator Dahir Adan, and is investigating how to gain access to the data co…
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News agencies ask court to force FBI to reveal cost, source of San Bernardino iPhone hackThe U.S. government should be forced to reveal how much the FBI paid for tools to unlock an iPhone at the center of the San Bernardino shooting inves…
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Apple & others back Google in opposing FBI warrant for overseas emailsApple has reportedly joined Amazon, Cisco, and Microsoft in signing an amicus brief in support of Google, which a Pennsylvania court recently ordered…
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Sen. Feinstein claims FBI paid $900K to crack San Bernardino shooter's iPhoneThe FBI paid approximately $900,000 to a third party to help break into the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, U.S. Senator Dian…
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FBI director says smartphone encryption hindering investigations 'across the board'FBI Director Christopher Wray on Sunday revealed strong smartphone encryption has prohibited his agency from gleaning data from more than half of the…
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FBI said to have missed opportunity to unlock Texas shooter's iPhoneIn the first 48 hours after Devin Kelley opened fire at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing 26 people, neither the FBI nor other law enfor…
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FBI director reignites 'not so clean cut' encryption debateMore than a year after the last high-profile showdown between the FBI and Silicon Valley over widespread encryption, recently-installed FBI Director …
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FBI forensic expert calls Apple 'evil genius' for strengthening iPhone encryptionFBI officials continue their attack on Apple's iPhone encryption, with the latest remarks against the company's moves coming from a senior forensics …
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Apple educating FBI, other police on accessing data from iPhones, Macs & iCloudDespite the appearance of conflict between Apple and U.S. law enforcement, the company is not only cooperating in many search requests but actually t…
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FBI agents dish on Tim Cook, Apple in private texts discussing iPhone encryption debateDocuments recently aired in an ongoing investigation into the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton probe show texts between two agency officials dis…
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FBI chief continues his demand for law enforcement access to encrypted iPhones and other d...FBI Director Christopher Wray has continued his fight to make it easier to defeat the encryption-based security of devices like Apple's iPhone, decla…
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Investigation finds FBI did not exhaust all options before taking Apple to trial in San Be...An investigation into the FBI's aggressive attempt to force Apple to assist in the unlocking of an iPhone tied to 2015's San Bernardino shooting sugg…
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US lawmakers ask FBI director to explain decision to take Apple to courtA bipartisan group within the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Friday, looking for answers on why the …
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Apple, other tech companies continue to resist encryption backdoor proposals by FBI, U.S. ...A group made up of Apple and other major technology companies is increasing its efforts to fight attempts by government agencies to force the additio…
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FBI reportedly inflated statistics on encrypted cellphone threatThe FBI has for months bemoaned the threat encrypted cellphones pose to ongoing investigations, saying investigators were locked out of some 7,800 de…
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FBI warns public to reboot Wi-Fi routers to counter 'VPNFilter' malwareThe FBI is recommending power cycling Wi-Fi routers as a step to counter "foreign cyber actors" seeding malware known as "VPNFilter." <div align="…
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FBI & other US branches join Justice Department in Cambridge Analytica investigationA U.S. federal probe into Facebook's data sharing with now-defunct politcal consulting firm Cambridge Analytica has reportedly grown to pull in multi…
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FBI makes suspect unlock iPhone X in first confirmed instance of forced Face IDThe FBI recently ordered a suspect to unlock his iPhone X via Face ID, in the first known example of police doing so anywhere in the world. <div …
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iPads & education in Chicago, Alexa laughing, and the FBI pressing - Apple's March 2018 in...New iPads, Alexa laughing at us, and the FBI trying to get backdoors into iPhones -- all of these things, and more, happened to Apple and technology …
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Apple's intensifying privacy & encryption stance worsening FBI struggles with lawbreakers ...Because of Apple's and other companies' stances on end-to-end encryption, the U.S. government's trouble in intercepting online communications is only…
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