Apple Refuses to Unlock Gunman’s Phone

In a statement issued early Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said building a backdoor to access encrypted data on the iPhone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook would be “too dangerous to create.” A federal judge had ordered Apple to provide investigators access to Farook’s iPhone after the company “declined to provide” it voluntarily. But Apple responded that weakening encryption would only harm law-abiding citizens who rely on the company to protect their data. “We can find no precedent for an American company being forced to expose its customers to a greater risk of attack,” the statement said. “Criminals and bad actors will still encrypt, using tools that are readily available to them.”

Wow !

Apple says it cannot unlock data on devices running iOS8 or newer

                           

"Opposing this order is not something we take lightly.

We feel we must speak up in the face of what we see as an overreach by the US government."