[WashingtonPost] A federal judge has ordered Apple to help the government unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters who carried out the Dec. 2 San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist attacks after the government said that the firm failed to provide assistance voluntarily.
Apple has steadfastly maintained that it is unable to unlock its newer iPhones for law enforcement, even when officers obtain a warrant, because they are engineered in such a way that Apple does not hold the decryption key. Only the phone's user ‐ or someone who knew the password ‐ would be able to unlock the phone.
| Apple is correct, and the judge is an idiot. Apple can't unlock any phone with iOS8 or later. It's designed to be that way, and Apple doesn't have a back door. |
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