Related News: Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police, even with search warrants

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Washington Post published an article titled Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police, even with search warrants.

The key is the encryption that Apple mobile devices automatically put in place when a user selects a passcode, making it difficult for anyone who lacks that passcode to access the information within, including photos, e-mails and recordings. Apple once maintained the ability to unlock some content on devices for legally binding police requests but will no longer do so for iOS 8, it said in the new privacy policy.

“Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data,” Apple said on its Web site. “So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.”

Source: Washington Post

Related News: Selfie linked to stolen iPhone a case of whodunit

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Selfie linked to stolen iPhone a case of whodunit.

The tale of an iPhone stolen from a burglarized Southern California home sits at the intersection of Web culture and the swap meet.

A woman in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Clarita reported to authorities that her home had been ransacked July 30, and among the missing items were cash and an iPhone. But in what appeared to be another episode of Thieves Gone Stupid, the victim’s iCloud account was hit with pictures, including a selfie of a cute couple posing on a pillow.

Source: Ars Technica

Related News: Girl, 15, Faces Child Porn Rap For iPhone Pic

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Smoking Gun published an article titled Girl, 15, Faces Child Porn Rap For iPhone Pic.

A 15-year-old Florida girl was arrested yesterday on a child pornography charge for allegedly showing several classmates a photo on her iPhone depicting “two juveniles engaged in oral sex,” police report.

The girl admitted to “taking the pornographic photo,” according to a complaint affidavit filed by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. The document, sworn by a detective, does not identify the juveniles in the photo, though a sheriff’s spokesperson said that the teen herself is one of the minors depicted.

Source: The Smoking Gun

Related News: Cops: Villanova student secretly filmed women undressing, posted to porn site

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. NBC News published an article titled Cops: Villanova student secretly filmed women undressing, posted to porn site.

Tyler Jones admitted to police that he secretly hid his iPhone in the bathroom to record the woman and then uploaded it to a porn site from his dorm room at Villanova.

While police were investigating, they say two other victims were discovered. One of the victims was 17 years old at the time of the recording.

Source: NBC News