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F.B.I. personnel apparently believed that by resetting the iCloud password, they could get access to information stored on the iPhone. Instead, the change had the opposite effect — locking them out and eliminating other means of getting in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/technology/apple-and-fbi-face-off-before-house-judiciary-committee.html

The clueless FBI hacks botched their data recovery operation. Now they are using courts to force a private company, Apple, to save their assess. No matter what happens in the court case, they should fire the head of the agency first.

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