Turns out the Feds have been hounding Google to unlock Android phones, too
(Cyberwar.news) Though the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over the unlocking of an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists is over, the Department of Justice has been back in a federal court recently to make a similar request of another tech company. As reported by The Hacker News, the American Read More
Shadowy hacking underworld may be helping the FBI break into jihadi iPhone
(Cyberwar.news) In recent days following reports that the FBI may not need Apple after all to gain access to a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino jihadists, many in the intelligence and technology communities speculated about how the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency would be able to gain access on its Read More
Study: Technologies give govt. plenty of opportunity to track Americans
(Cyberwar.news) Since 2013 top federal law enforcement officials in the FBI and elsewhere have been pushing Congress and the White House to approve legislation that would essentially give them “backdoor” access into encryption software, arguing it was necessary to track criminal and terrorist activities. Officials like FBI Director James Comey have testified before congressional committees Read More
