Topic: Icloud Encryption

Apple released iOS 9.3.1 to fix "bricking" issues on older devices like the iPhone 5 and iPad 2. A host theorizes that the timing of this update, which allowed authentication via iCloud credentials rather than Apple's servers, coincided suspiciously with the FBI's announcement that they successfully unlocked a terrorist's iPhone without Apple's help.

Apple released iOS 9.3.1 to fix "bricking" issues on older devices like the iPhone 5 and iPad 2. The hosts speculate on a connection between this update and the FBI's announcement that they successfully unlocked a terrorist's iPhone without Apple's help. A theory is presented that the update's authentication changes might have facilitated the FBI's access, possibly involving an Israeli tech firm.