FBI Director Christopher Wray says in first 11 months of fiscal year, agents were unable to unlock over half the mobile devices it tried to access, over 6,900+
Amazon Tanks Etsy, Ford's Chariot Stumbles Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : FBI Says Not Having Access To Encrypted Data Is A Huge Problem BBC : FBI failed to access 7,000 encrypted mobile devices Rajesh Pandey / iPhone Hacks : FBI Chief Says Inability to Retrieve Data from Encrypted Devices a ‘Huge, Huge Problem’ Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : FBI director says smartphone encryption hindering investigations ‘across the board’ Mike Flaminio / Insanely Great Mac : FBI director describes secure encryption a huge problem Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : FBI chief says inability to access data on encrypted mobile devices is a ‘huge, huge problem’ Juli Clover / MacRumors : FBI Unable to Retrieve Encrypted Data From 6,900 Devices Over the Last 11 Months Jack Morse / Mashable : The FBI has a ‘huge’ problem with your smartphone CyanLights / reddit.com : SecurityFBI Chief Says Encryption Is ‘Huge Problem’ Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : FBI couldn't retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it attempted to break into Dell Cameron / Gizmodo : The FBI Can't Stop Fearmongering About Encryption Tweets: Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker : 2015: James Comey says terrorists use encryption. 2016: James Comey denounces devices with encryption. 2017: James Comey tweets from iPhone. pic.twitter.com/dybN0UXUbA Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : Me, FOIA: how many devices can you not decrypt? FBI: we don't keep those records Me: hmm, really? shame FBI: http://apnews.com/... Me: Ben Schreckinger / @schreckreports : But didn't the FBI also say it couldn't access the SB shooter's iPhone without Apple's help when really it could? http://www.theguardian.com/... http://twitter.com/... Barton Gellman / @bartongellman : Hide-the-ball is dishonest & routine when someone asks for data behind USG claims. “We don't know, unless it serves our point to say we do.” http://twitter.com/...