http://news.investors.com/091714-71...e-model.htm?ven=yahoocp&src=aurlled&ven=yahoo Apple Won't Unlock Your iOS8 iPhone, iPad For Police Apple Won't Unlock Your iOS8 iPhone, iPad For Police Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced Wednesday night that it will no longer help law enforcement unlock iPhone, iPad and other devices running its new mobile operating system, iOS8. In fact, the tech titan says it can't. "On devices running iOS 8, your personal data such as photos, messages (including attachments), email, contacts, call history, iTunes content, notes, and reminders is placed under the protection of your passcode," Apple said on its Web site . "Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data. So it's not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8." The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that police usually must get a search warrant to access suspects' cellphones. Apple's new encryption makes it impossible to comply. The new privacy policy may be savvy move following the recent disclosure of leaked nude celebrity photos from iCloud accounts. More broadly, Edward Snowden's disclosure of widespread spying by the National Security Agency has heightened privacy concerns. Major tech companies have announced government requests for user information, with Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) recently claiming that the government threatened major fines for noncompliance. Meanwhile, Apple CEO Tim Cook took a swipe at rivals Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), without actually naming them: "A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you're not the customer. You're the product. But at Apple, we believe a great customer experience shouldn't come at the expense of your privacy. ... We don't 'monetize' the information you store on your iPhone or in iCloud. And we don't read your email or your messages to get information to market to you." Of course, Facebook, Google, Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) and other consumer tech giants are able to offer many services for free. Apple charges premium prices for its products. It monetizes its customers from its customers.
Yeah. its fucking great, their latest security measure is to email your icloud email account everytime someone logs into the account via browser.
No, even if you log in. Its fucking stupid. YOU CAN'T TURN IT OFF. http://appleinsider.com/articles/14...oud-account-is-accessed-through-a-web-browser
That seems like a good feature to me. And how does this make apple not protect privacy? I like knowing that the government can't access my account, even with a warrant
Its one of their so-called security measures in the wake of the Fappening. Its basically overcompensating and being lazy at the same time by their security team. And this is only for your device. the cloud is another matter.
I do like the reference that cook said about Google. "You are the product not the customer". So it's nice knowing no government can't force apple to give access of my email or phone information
I don't ever remember logging into iCloud with a browser. Ok, maybe a couple of times. If you are getting these emails, you've probably been hacked. Better to know about it than not. Where's the beef?
Sure they can. Just not your unlock code on your iOS based physical device. They can still access anything else, including your laptop or cloud information.
The article said that apple set the new security to where even apple couldn't have access. Are you disagreeing with what they say?
The article is only referring to devices running iOS, which would only be an ipad or an iphone. So they can't get into your locked iphone or ipad. That's all it says.
That's all I care about. My personal computer, they must contact me to get the info. Then I will know I'm being watched
I'm pretty sure they can access cloud based information without your consent, which again, is probably almost everything on your cell phone.
https://www.apple.com/legal/more-resources/law-enforcement/ So basically they can no longer get item "I" in bold.
The iCloud is linked to the passcode. The encryption is the new update that doesn't allow anyone access.
No it isn't. The passcode only lets you into the phone past the lock screen. You don't know what you're talking about.
