Father begs Apple CEO to help unlock his dead 13-year-old son’s iPhone

"I think Apple should offer solutions for exceptional cases like mine."

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[Z1ggy]

foreignreign[/url]":65qg6q9m]

"I understand privacy, but I wonder what if inside a disabled iPhone was the password to block the explosion of an atomic bomb planted by terrorists in Rome, then what do we do? Do we let it explode?"

What is this, CSI: Rome?

why would there be a password to block an explosion? I thought it was call in go boom. not call in go boom unless someone else calls in.

I mean i get what he is saying. Who bought the phone? Was it dad? then he should have set it up to allow him access even if the phone was off.

The kid gave him access via finger print but didnt give him his icloud password?

 

[Z1ggy]

Letsgetacid[/url]":2mtk4606]Compromising the security of every iPhone to see your son's phone contents is not in the best interests of anyone.

its in the best interest of the FBI who set this up.
/tinfoil hat

 

[Z1ggy]

DrPizza[/url]":njagizs6]Another case with zero privacy or security implications. No good reason for Apple not to help, except simply that they don't want to.

well except that they engineered the phone so they cant.

either they can and the FBI should have been able to get them to do it. or they cant.


EDIT: guess we will find out if a staff members post will be hidden.

 

[Z1ggy]

snoopy.369[/url]":mq1lhtid]Given the iPhone copies its pictures to iCloud upon taking them, when on WiFi, sounds like he should be able to get the pictures from the iCloud account - which Apple could well give him access to without any sort of crazy backdoor.

will itunes/icloud lock you out and destroy everything if you brute force the password?

 

[Z1ggy]

Coriolanus[/url]":3bfi59m7]You know, I just want to note for the record that the AFP write-up in the Guardian makes the father's request fairly reasonable. He asked Apple to help him unlock the phone, but if they can't, he asked that they make a charitable donation to Ethiopian charities (his son is adopted from Ethiopia) or for them to make research grants to researchers to study privacy.

Also, Cellebrite, the Israeli firm, has offered to unlock the phone for him.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... _b-gdntech

i dont know it still sounds unreasonable.

Hey if your not going to do what i asked can you instead spend money on a charity i request, or research grants for researchers to study privacy.