\tApple rejected claims from US Attorney General William Barr it failed to adequately assist a recent murder investigation [1], arguing it worked diligently to provide as much information to police as possible.<\/p>\n
In a statement to multiple media outlets, the company insisted it offered \u201ctimely, thorough\u201d answers to police requests for information from the alleged shooter\u2019s two iPhones, often responding “within hours”.<\/p>\n
It added it turned over \u201cmany gigabytes of information\u201d related to the queries, including iCloud backups, account information and transaction data, adding \u201cin every instance we responded with all of the information that we had\u201d.<\/p>\n
The company did not address whether it had, or would be able to, unlock the devices, a key complaint cited by Barr. However, it noted its engineering teams recently held a call with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide unspecified \u201cadditional technical assistance\u201d.<\/p>\n
Apple took the opportunity to reiterate its stance on the need for strong encryption, stating backdoor access channels favoured by police \u201ccan also be exploited by those who threaten our national security and the data security of our customers\u201d.<\/p>\n[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/doj-renews-apple-encryption-spat\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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