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Turkey arrests 'prime suspect' over blasts

Police say one of the main perpetrators of bombings that killed more than 50 people near Syria border has been detained.

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Found 3 days ago on channel Al Jazeera

Apple Deluged By Police Demands To Decrypt iPhones

New submitter ukemike points out an article at CNET reporting on a how there's a "waiting list" for Apple to decypt iPhones seized by various law enforcement agencies. This suggests two important issues: first, that Apple is apparently both capable of and willing to help with these requests, and second, that there are too many of them for the company to process as they come in. From the article: "Court documents show that federal agents were so stymied by the encrypted iPhone 4S of a Kentucky man accused of distributing crack cocaine that they turned to Apple for decryption help last year. An agent at the ATF, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 'contacted Apple to obtain assistance in unlocking the device,' U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell wrote in a recent opinion. But, she wrote, the ATF was 'placed on a waiting list by the company.' A search warrant affidavit prepared by ATF agent Rob Maynard says that, for nearly three months last summer, he "attempted ...

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Found 1 week ago on channel Slashdot

Apple will reportedly unlock your iPhone for police, but there’s a wait list

The volume of requests has created at least a seven-week wait for law enforcement.

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Found 1 week ago on channel ArsTechnica

Apple's iPhone Security Measures Prompt Queue Of Unlock Requests From Law Enforcement

Apple faces a whole lot of inbound requests to unlock iPhone devices from law enforcement officials, according to a new report from CNET. Seized iPhones with a passcode lock are apparently secure enough to frustrate a lot of police agencies in the U.S., resulting in a wait list that Apple has put in place to help it deal with unlock requests from the authorities.

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Found 1 week ago on channel TechCrunch

Belgian Police Arrest Six on Charges of Recruiting for Syrian Insurgency

The authorities in Belgium raided 48 homes nationwide and arrested suspects in what prosecutors described as a jihadist recruitment drive for the insurgency in Syria.        

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Found 1 month ago on channel New York Times