Shelly Palmer

DOJ: Want to make sure we can’t access your private data? Buy an iPhone

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In the five years since Apple launched the iPhone, the popular device has gone from a malicious hacker’s dream to law enforcement’s worst nightmare. As recounted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Review blog, a Justice Department official recently took the stage at the DFRWS computer forensics conference in Washington, D.C. and told attendees that the beefed up security in iOS is now so good that it has become a nightmare for law enforcement. “I can tell you from the Department of Justice perspective, if that drive is encrypted, you’re done,” said Ovie Carroll. Read the full story at Boy Genius Report.