The hearing Apple v. FBI anticipated to take place today has been postponed. A California federal court has approved the report, which was filed less than 24 hours before the start of the trial.
The deferral request from the Department of Justice, claiming they have new method to unlock encrypted iPhone that became the subject of a fierce debate over the past month.
during the weekend, "a party outside undisclosed" has demonstrated a "possible approach" to unlock the phone, and the Ministry of Justice wants to test this new method. If success, they will not need the help of Apple to access the encrypted iPhone
DOJ spokeswoman Melanie Newman said :. "the Sunday, March 20, 2016, a third party has demonstrated FBI a possible method to unlock iPhone Farook. "..." We first need to test this method to ensure that it does not destroy the data on the phone, but we remain cautiously optimistic. "
the FBI until 5 April to test this method, at which time they are required to file a status report to the court.
This development is certainly good news but probably only a delay in the treatment of real problems in the private life, and the broader issue of whether the government has the right to access information encrypted. whether this new method is successful, the encryption battle is still far from over
Sources: .. International Business Times and USA Today and the Verge
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