WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s inspector general announced Thursday he will launch an investigation into the department and FBI’s actions in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were properly followed by FBI Director James Comey. Democrats have blamed Comey’s handling of an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a […]
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Privacy has become a thing of the past
A week ago, I spent a good deal of time on the phone with a woman in Manila. Her name is Carolina and she works for Microsoft, which insists on compelling me to “upgrade” to Windows 10. I tried, but for some reason it did not work. My computer froze and so I had Microsoft […]
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Four ways the FBI could hack an iPhone
NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a month, federal investigators have insisted they have no alternative but to force Apple to help them open up a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. That changed Monday when the Justice Department said an “outside party” recently showed the FBI a different way to […]
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FBI may be able to crack iPhone without Apple’s help
LOS ANGELES — The government has been adamant for weeks: FBI investigators need to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, and Apple Inc. was the only one that could do it. In a stunning reversal on Monday, federal prosecutors asked a judge to halt a much-anticipated hearing on their […]
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‘Customs’ scam robs Industry man
FARMINGTON — An Industry man is out $1,000 in a sweepstakes scam, after two men claiming to be FBI or U.S. Customs agents flashed badges and told the man he won $800,000. Franklin County Detective Lt. David St. Laurent was told that two men showed up at the residence wearing suits and driving a dark-colored […]
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Apple pits privacy against FBI’s security argument before Congress
Lawmakers on Tuesday pressed FBI Director James B. Comey about the bureau’s demands that Apple help it unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers. The Justice Department and FBI have tried to cast the issue as narrowly focused on one iPhone, but Comey acknowledged that if the government succeeds in this […]
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San Bernadino shooting victim’s husband agrees with Apple
A man whose wife was wounded during the San Bernardino attack has taken Apple’s side in its ongoing battle with the FBI over unlocking a iPhone used by one of the shooters. Salihin Kondoker — the husband of Anies Kondoker, who was shot three times, but survived the attack at Inland Regional Center on Dec. […]
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Apple vs. The FBI: 3 developments in fight over locked iPhone
Apple asks judge to vacate order to unlock iPhone Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple Inc. on Thursday asked a federal magistrate to reverse her order that the company help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone, accusing the federal government of seeking “dangerous power” through the courts. The filing represents Apple’s first […]
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Why the FBI can’t hack the iPhone
UPDATE: Justice Department accuses Apple of refusing to comply with order WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is firing back at Apple for refusing to help unlock a phone used by one of the gunmen in the San Bernardino attack. In a new motion Friday, federal prosecutors say the company has chosen to repudiate a […]
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Silicon Valley finally backs Apple in encryption fight
Tim Cook has picked a fight with the U.S. government and Silicon Valley is joining his side. From Google to Facebook, the industry’s biggest names rallied around Apple’s chief executive officer after he vowed to resist a court order demanding it help unlock the iPhone of a shooter in a terrorist attack. Cook described the […]