[EXCELLENT!] Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Crack Devices

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: June 14, 2018 at 7:18:37 AM GMT+9
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] [EXCELLENT!] Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to Crack Devices
>
>
> [EXCELLENT!] Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Use to
> Crack Devices
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/technology/apple-iphone-police.html
>
>      But now Apple is closing the technological loophole that let
>    authorities hack into iPhones, angering police and other
>    officials and reigniting a debate over whether the government
>    has a right to get into the personal devices that are at the
>    center of modern life.  Apple said it was planning an iPhone
>    software update that would effectively disable the phone's
>    charging and data port -- the opening where users plug in
>    headphones, power cables and adapters -- an hour after the
>    phone is locked. In order to transfer data to or from the
>    iPhone using the port, a person would first need to enter the
>    phone's password. (Phones could still be charged without a
>    password.)
>
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