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

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: 2) by julian on Tuesday November 21 2017, @04:58AM (1 child)

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 21 2017, @04:58AM (#599541)

    You could create an encryption key and split it into two or more parts and give each part to a different person. Then use that key to encrpyt a Keepass file filled with all your usernames, passwords, and unspeakable secrets.

    Obviously this is only as strong as the integrity of your friends holding the keys; but I think it would be hard to get four different family members or friends to all agree to conspire against you to recombine the key before you died. You could alternatively store one part of the key with your attorney, or put it in a safety deposit box.

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  • (Score: 1) by MindEscapes on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:26PM

    by MindEscapes (6751) on Tuesday November 21 2017, @02:26PM (#599649) Homepage

    And once you pass, they each contrive to kill the others, getting the complete key for themselves, hoping for the riches you kept so securely locked up, an overflowing bitcoin wallet perhaps?!...only to find out it is your SN login info.

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