Iphone Encryption

Signal desktop app with end-to-end encryption now open to all

Open Whisper Systems' Signal desktop app is now open to all. Launched in December, the private messaging app for desktops was available on an invite-only basis, but now the Desktop Signal beta is now available for all.

FBI director says unlocking method won't work on newer iPhones

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's secret method for unlocking the iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino shooters will not work on newer models, FBI Director James Comey said.

Apple clueless about how FBI hacked shooter's iPhone without help

Apple remains in the dark about how to restore the security of its flagship product.

Apple may never get to know how FBI unlocked shooter's iPhone

The FBI may be allowed to withhold information about how it broke into an iPhone belonging to a gunman in the December San Bernardino shootings

FBI iPhone solution may not necessarily crack other cases

The FBI's discovery of a way to hack into the phone of one of the San Bernardino killers may not be the master key that allows prosecutors across the country to unlock iPhones in hundreds of more ordinary criminal cases.

FBI succeeds in cracking terrorist's iPhone, ends legal battle against Apple

Apple's encryption battle with United States still alive in Brooklyn

The US Department of Justice will disclose over the next two weeks whether it will continue with its bid to compel Apple Inc to help access an iPhone in a Brooklyn drug case, according to a court filing on Tuesday.

US attempt to unlock iPhone could impact New York case, says Apple

Apple has said the US Justice Department's new attempts to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters without the tech giant's help could eliminate the government's need for its assistance in a similar dispute in New York.

Apple vs FBI: Here's how the FBI might hack into the iPhone in two weeks without Apple's help

The FBI claims that a third-party has shown them a way to unlock Farook's iPhone. Experts theorise on the method.

Apple Vs FBI: The FBI may not need Apple to open San Bernardino iPhone

US prosecutors said Monday that a "third party" had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters