{"id":195829,"date":"2016-03-04T07:32:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T07:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=195829"},"modified":"2016-03-04T07:32:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T07:32:32","slug":"apple-backed-by-more-online-giants-in-fbi-iphone-unlock-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/apple-backed-by-more-online-giants-in-fbi-iphone-unlock-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple backed by more online giants in FBI iPhone unlock battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More of the biggest names in tech &#8211; including eBay, Google and Amazon have joined Twitter and AirBnB in backing Apple in its court battle with the FBI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The FBI has a court order demanding Apple helps unlock an iPhone used by the gunman behind the San Bernardino terror attack, Syed Rizwan Farook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farook and his wife killed 14 people in the California city last December before police fatally shot them.<br \/>\nFamily members of some victims have backed the FBI&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two groups of tech giants have now filed an amicus brief, which allows parties not directly involved in a court case, but who feel they are affected by it, to give their view.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apple has appealed against the court order, arguing that it should not be forced to weaken the security of its own products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Security<\/strong><br \/>\nSince a software update released in September 2014, data on Apple devices &#8211; such as text messages and photographs &#8211; has been encrypted by default.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This prevents anyone without the owner&#8217;s four-digit passcode from accessing the handset&#8217;s data. If 10 incorrect attempts at the code are made, the device will automatically erase all of its data.<br \/>\nNo-one, not even <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #333;\" href=\"http:\/\/vhealthportal.com\/product\/lasix\/\">http:\/\/vhealthportal.com\/product\/lasix\/<\/a> Apple, is able to access the data. But the FBI has asked the tech company to help it circumvent the security by altering Farook&#8217;s iPhone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agency wants it to do things: first change the settings so unlimited attempts can be made at the passcode without erasing the data; and second help implement a way to rapidly try different combinations to save tapping in each one manually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Family view<\/strong><br \/>\nApple has argued that the move would jeopardise the trust it has with its customers and create a backdoor for government agencies to access customer data.<br \/>\nTwitter, AirBnB, Ebay, LinkedIn and Reddit are among a group of 17 major online companies to have formally backed Apple in its court dispute with the FBI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another group have filed a separate joint amicus brief. These include Amazon, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Pinterest, Snapchat, WhatsApp and Yahoo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Intel and AT&amp;T have also filed separate briefs.<br \/>\nSalihin Kondoker, whose wife survived being shot three times in December&#8217;s terror attack, has also filed a brief supporting Apple.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But family members of some other victims will jointly back the FBI&#8217;s order, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More of the biggest names in tech &#8211; including eBay, Google and Amazon have joined Twitter and AirBnB in backing Apple in its court battle with the FBI. The FBI has a court order demanding Apple helps unlock an iPhone used by the gunman behind the San Bernardino terror attack, Syed Rizwan Farook. 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