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Did the FBI engineer iPhone encryption court showdown with Apple to force a precedent?

Accepted submission by BsAtHome at 2018-03-27 23:59:04 from the We lie, cheat and ignore the truth department dept.
Digital Liberty

Another example of using fear to advance an agenda:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/27/fbi_encryption_showdown/ [theregister.co.uk]

From the article:

The truth is out there

The report title is remarkable in itself: "A Special Inquiry Regarding the Accuracy of FBI Statements Concerning its Capabilities to Exploit an iPhone Seized During the San Bernardino Terror Attack Investigation."

Which could perhaps be more accurately titled: "Did the FBI lie about not being able to break into a terrorist's phone in an effort to win a legal precedent granting it access to everyone else's digital devices?"

And the answer is, remarkably, yes and no.


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