FBI director James Comey yesterday told a Senate oversight committee that the FBI has been unable to access almost half of the mobile devices it tried to examine in the first half of the fiscal year, reports TechCrunch.
Comey made the statement in apparent support of the latest attempt at forcing phone manufacturers to provide backdoor access to the authorities …
He appeared to be suggesting that manufacturers could somehow create a way in for law enforcement agencies without creating a backdoor.
Apple has previously explained why this would be impossible.
Apple and the FBI battled over access to a work iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. The FBI eventually backed down after gaining access to the phone without Apple’s assistance. Nothing of interest was found.
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