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Texas Rangers Serve Apple a Warrant for Mass Shooter's iPhone Data

posted by mrpg on Tuesday November 21 2017, @01:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the isn't-it-easier-to-ask-the-nsa? dept.

takyon writes:

The Texas Rangers have served Apple a warrant for iPhone and iCloud data connected to the recent mass shooter Devin Patrick Kelley. However, it is unknown whether Kelley actually used iCloud to store data, and unlikely that Apple will be able or willing to help unlock the iPhone:

Texas Rangers investigating the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs have served a search warrant on Silicon Valley giant Apple Inc. and are seeking digital photos, messages, documents and other types of data that might have been stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself.

Court records obtained by the San Antonio Express-News show Texas Ranger Kevin Wright obtained search warrants on Nov. 9 for files stored on Kelley's iPhone, a second mobile phone found near his body and for files stored in Kelley's iCloud account — Apple's digital archive that can sync iPhone files.

The iCloud feature is an optional service. Obtaining such records, if they exist, directly from Apple could aid authorities investigating the worst mass shooting in modern Texas history. Apple's policy regarding iCloud content states that material may be provided to law enforcement agencies if they obtain search warrants.

In addition, the FBI may have already screwed it up.

Also at Engadget, BGR, and Fast Company.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:24AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:24AM (#599489)

    Check that wikipedia article. Woah.

    So 120 officers to deal with all of Texas. The "uniform" is that they are required to wear western-style clothing. So, at their discretion, something vaguely like boots and a cowboy hat.

    Texas disbanded the state police. This is it. WTF.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday November 21 2017, @03:04AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 21 2017, @03:04AM (#599497) Journal

    So 120 officers to deal with all of Texas...
    Texas disbanded the state police. This is it. WTF.

    Oh, 119 of them are just the paper-pushers.
    There's only one of them doing the field work and he's more than sufficient**.

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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday November 21 2017, @06:04AM (1 child)

      by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday November 21 2017, @06:04AM (#599559) Homepage
      > ... Chuck Norris ...
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      > [7 layers of nested spoiler tags]
      > Chuck Norris

      Erm, you shot your load too early there, methinks.
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      • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday November 21 2017, @12:29PM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 21 2017, @12:29PM (#599612) Journal

        Shit... So it happened.
        Age... retirement...

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