Episode 801 • • 1:24:41 - 1:27:16
801: White Male Clerks
FBI Intentions and San Bernardino Phone Password Reset
An anomaly in the San Bernardino iPhone case involves the resetting of the shooter's Apple ID password shortly after the device was seized, which prevented an automatic iCloud backup that might have provided the FBI with the data they sought. Senator Rand Paul and others suggest the FBI may have intentionally "bricked" the backup process to create a legal test case against Apple. The phone was owned by the San Bernardino Department of Health, which possessed Mobile Device Management (MDM) tools that could have potentially cleared the passcode if used correctly.