San Bernardino's top cop says it's likely 'there is nothing of any value' on iPhone the FBI wants...

[Eugene]

Source: AppleInsider

San Bernardino's top cop says it's likely 'there is nothing of any value' on iPhone the FBI wants Apple to crack

By Neil Hughes
Friday, February 26, 2016, 12:53 pm PT (03:53 pm ET)

The work-issued iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack likely has "nothing of any value" saved on it, the police chief of the town has admitted in a new interview, though he still believes Apple should help the FBI crack into the encrypted handset.

"I'll be honest with you, I think that there is a reasonably good chance that there is nothing of any value on the phone," San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said in an interview with NPR on Friday. "What we are hoping might be on the phone would be potential contacts that we would obviously want to talk to."

Burguan admitted he owns an iPhone and an iPad, and considers himself a "fan" of Apple products. But he also said law enforcement has an obligation to "leave no stone unturned" in their investigation of the attack, and not making an effort would be unfair to the victims and their families.

It's also possible, though he admitted it's unlikely, that the iPhone 5c in question could have details on a larger terrorist network or potential plots for future attacks.

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[scscholar]

1. Maybe he know someone paid...

this guy to do this. Paid this guy to do this. He's trying to protect the person responsible.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Huh?

The phone he used to plot this massacre he destroyed along with his computers. The phone want to crack is his work phone, which they actually had accessible to until they told the country to reset the password.