Man Jailed 6 Months for Refusing to Give Police his iPhone Passcode

Remember Ramona Fricosu? A Colorado woman was ordered to unlock her encrypted Toshiba laptop while the FBI was investigating alleged mortgage fraud in 2012, but she declined to decrypt the laptop saying that she did not remember the password.

Later th… Continue reading Man Jailed 6 Months for Refusing to Give Police his iPhone Passcode

FBI Director — “What If Apple Engineers are Kidnapped and Forced to Write (Exploit) Code?”

What If Apple Engineers are Kidnapped and Forced to Write (Exploit) Code?

Exactly this was what FBI Director James Comey asked in the congressional hearing on Tuesday.

The House Judiciary Committee hearing on “The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing … Continue reading FBI Director — “What If Apple Engineers are Kidnapped and Forced to Write (Exploit) Code?”