Apple asks the FBI: How hard did you really try to hack into the iPhone?

[Guest Yoni Heisler]

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There's no question that Apple's ongoing legal dispute with the FBI has brought a myriad of complex legal, security, and policy issues to the forefront. But if we put those serious issues aside for just a moment, one of the more interesting aspects of the case, I think, is that the FBI even needed Apple's help in the first place.

 

Especially given how pervasive and advanced the NSA's surveillance and hacking techniques were even just a few years ago, many people, including myself, were of the opinion that government agencies, from the FBI to the CIA, likely had the technical expertise to effectively hack into any device and monitor anyone, anywhere.

 

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