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FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled (www.404media.co)
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The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.

The court record shows what devices and data the FBI was able to ultimately access, and which devices it could not, after raiding the home of the reporter, Hannah Natanson, in January as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information. It also provides rare insight into the apparent effectiveness of Lockdown Mode, or at least how effective it might be before the FBI may try other techniques to access the device.

“Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team, a unit focused on performing forensic analyses of seized devices. The document is written by the government, and is opposing the return of Natanson’s devices.

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[–] sibachian@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

and even then, unless you unlock it for law enforcements upon request. you will serve lifetime in imprisonment or until you agree to unlock it and whatever if any crime is within the locker to continue imprisonment. so safeguarding data really doesn't matter in the end anyway because any sensitive data kept anywhere will be used against you either by the law or by criminals. which often times seems to be one and the same.

[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Clearly you are not a lawyer, not educated in law, nor do you know a single thing regarding what you are talking about, yet you felt compelled to leave a comment full of complete disinformation. Is letting people on the internet know how dumb you are a family tradition, or is this something new you are trying out for yourself?

[–] sibachian@lemmy.ml 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

it's amazing you think not unlocking your shit will get you out of jail.

or maybe you just come from a country where law and logic is just optional or possibly paid for.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

Can you provide any statute or reporting to indicate a person can be jailed indefinitely over not unlocking a device?

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

unless you unlock it for law enforcements upon request. you will serve lifetime in imprisonment or until you agree to unlock it

I'm like 99% sure that isn't how that works. Held in contempt of court, maybe, but lifetime imprisonment, doubt it.