IPhone Security

• Apple to close iPhone security gap police use to collect criminal evidence

  Apple is closing a security gap that allowed outsiders to pry personal information from locked iPhones without a password.

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  Jun 14, 2018
  
• Apple pushes iOS software upgrade to fix Spectre security flaw

   Apple Inc released an updated version of its operating system software to fix a major microchip security flaw that affected nearly all computer chips made in the last decade.

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  Jan 8, 2018
  
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• Apple vs. FBI: Media outlets sue FBI to learn who the government paid to hack an iPhone

  The Associated Press and two other news organizations sued the FBI on Friday to learn who the government paid and how much it spent to hack into an iPhone.

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  Sep 16, 2016
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• iPhone security update prompted by spyware discovery

  A tip exposed a secretive Israeli cyberespionage firm, defanged a powerful new piece of eavesdropping software and gave millions of iPhone users across the world an extra boost to their digital security.

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  Aug 25, 2016
• The FBI won’t tell Apple how it hacked the San Bernardino iPhone

  he FBI says it won't publicly disclose the method that allowed it to access a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers.

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  Apr 28, 2016
• Justice Department drops another iPhone hacking case

  The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case.

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  Apr 25, 2016
• FBI director says US paid over $1 million to hack iPhone, adds it was ‘worth it’

  FBI Director James Comey hinted at an event in London on Thursday that the FBI paid more than $1 million to break into a locked iPhone.

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  Apr 22, 2016
• FBI Director claims its iPhone hacking tool only works on the 5C

  Not much has been said about how the FBI was able to break into the phone since the agency abruptly dropped its legal case again Apple at the end of March.

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  Apr 7, 2016
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• WhatsApp just provided encryption to a billion people

  WhatsApp – the Facebook-owned messaging app used by more than a billion people around the world – has switched on full end-to-end encryption for all of its users.

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  Apr 6, 2016
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• The FBI vs Apple case may be over, but the battle is just beginning

  The FBI's victory in breaking into an iPhone merely prolongs a battle over how far the government can go to examine private data.

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  Mar 31, 2016