Here's
what would happen if the FBI
tried to
hack an
Android phone
The Justice Department has managed to unlock an iPhone 5c used by the gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in San Bernardi**, California, last December. The high-profile case has pitted federal law enforcement agencies against Apple, which fought a legal order to work around its passcode security feature to give law enforcement access to the phone’s data. The FBI said it
relied on a third party to ***** the phone’s encrypted data, raising questions about iPhone security and whether federal agencies should disclose their method.
But
what if the device had been running Android?
would the same technical and legal drama have played out?
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