On the eve of a court showdown with Apple over unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, the FBI put its case on pause Monday to pursue an attack method that could allow it to crack the phone without Apple’s assistance. After reviewing the FBI’s request for postponement of oral arguments in the case, a U.S. District Court in California ruled that good cause had been shown by the government for the delay and ordered it to file a status report with the court on April 5.
FBI Would Rather Crack Terrorist’s iPhone Itself
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 23, 2016 01:03 PMOn the eve of a court showdown with Apple over unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, the FBI put its case on pause Monday to pursue an attack method that could allow it to crack the phone without Apple’s assistance. After reviewing the FBI’s request for postponement of oral arguments in the case, a U.S. District Court in California ruled that good cause had been shown by the government for the delay and ordered it to file a status report with the court on April 5.