With the recent release of iOS 9.3 beta 4, Apple has now fixed the iPhone bricking 1970 date bug on affected devices and have added measures to prevent it from happening in future on other devices. Here are the details.
In an interview conducted today by ABC’s David Muir, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained his and Apple's stance in their ongoing fight with the FBI where the company is asked to create backdoor access to iPhone for the law enforcement agencies. You can watch the full interview here.
The ongoing battle between Apple and the FBI has taken a rather interesting turn, with Apple apparently looking to get Congress involved in the dispute. Apple has been provided with a legal order from the federal circuit in the United States that tells the company to work with law enforcement agencies in an effort to unlock and leverage data from an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple has thus far contested the order due to the nature of the FBI demands, which essentially want a new version of iOS to be created to provide a backdoor into the mobile platform. Now, it is being reported that Apple would like the Congress to get involved in the matter and settle the dispute.
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FBI Director James Comey recently said that Apple's assistance in San Bernardino iPhone case would represent a simple one-off event, and that it wouldn't represent the opening of floodgates that would see Apple extracting data from any old device. Well, only 24 hours later, it seems that the Department of Justice doesn't exactly share the mindset, and is filing court orders across the United States now in the hope of forcing Apple to extract iPhone data in a dozen further criminal investigations.
Apple has just dropped beta 4 of iOS 9.3 to members of Apple Developer program with compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. This new seed comes about two weeks after Apple released beta 3 to both developers and public testers.
A number of high profile names from the business world have already come out in support of Apple as the company fights against a federal court order to assist law enforcement in unlocking an iPhone involved in the San Bernardino shootings in California. Notably, current Google CEO Sundar Pichai offered his support to Apple, calling the move a "troubling precedent" if allowed to continue. Now, a couple of additional figure heads from the technology community have chimed in with an opinion, one in favor of Apple's stance on the case, and one supporting the FBI's position.
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It probably won't come as any surprise that Apple is still vehemently opposed to assisting the FBI in decrypting the iPhone that belonged to one of the accused in the California shooting last year. After initially being ordered by a federal judge to assist law enforcement agencies with their enquiries, the Cupertino-based company has since opted against compliance on the grounds that what it is being asked to do could have serious ongoing repercussions for all iPhone owners. Now, in an effort to shed some clarity on the situation, Tim Cook's company has published a FAQ that goes into additional detail as to why compliance is a very bad idea in this instance.
What is the meaning of the "i" prefix in the iPhone and other Apple products? The "i" in iMac is famously thought to have been added because of its connection to the internet. In fact, as explained by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs himself, the prefix, which was later used with the iPod and iPhone, amongst others, may actually have had little to do with the word "internet."
