By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Are Apple and Google the bad guys? A senior FBI official told a Congressional committee that the technology giants are aiding terrorists by offering users encrypted communications, a senior FBI officials told the House Homeland Security Committee, The Register reports. Michael Steinbach, assistant director in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, said the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a Los Angeles school district’s $1.3-billion plan to provide iPads to every student, the Los Angeles Times reports. Agents seized records from the district on Monday as investigators seek documents related to deals with Apple and the curriculum provider, Pearson. A grand jury is reviewing the case….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Apple’s privacy features on the new iPhone and iPad protect pedophiles, terrorists and other criminals because investigators can’t access the information, FBI Director James Comey said. The new encryption scrambles information as it travels through Apple services. Comey isn’t happy about that. “The notion that people have devices… that with court…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than two dozen companies and numerous trade groups are endorsing bills that would open more light on the government’s secret information requests, the Verge.com reports. The businesses and trade groups are showing their support for bills that would allow them to reveal when they receive requests for national security-related data. Among…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA cannot eavesdrop on Apples’s iMessage chat service because of secure encryption, Slate.com reports. That’s good news if you’re concerned about privacy. But for law enforcement, the inability to monitor iMessages sent between two Apple devices is problematic. Wireless technology has challenged law enforcement’s ability to monitor suspicious activity. The problem…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After eight years of using BlackBerrys, the more than 17,000 employees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement are making the switch to the iPhone, the New York Times reports. The $2.1 million contract with Apple suggests that law enforcement no longer considers BlackBerrys to be more secure, New York Times reported. In fact,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Was the FBI keeping tabs on millions of Apple devices? No, says an Orlando company that claims it – not the FBI – was hacked to obtain millions of identification numbers for Apple devices, the New York Times reports. Hacking group AntiSec – a subset of the hacking collective known as Anonymous –…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI on Tuesday disputed reports that it possessed a database with personal information on millions of Apple devices. It also said there’s no evidence that an FBI laptop was compromised. “The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs…
