Cybersecurity
Apple Says iPhone Tech the U.S. Wants Will Be Slow and Costly to Build
- Argues that FBI request goes beyond `reasonable' assistance
- Building new OS would require up to 10 engineers, four weeks
Apple's FBI Response: Ten Engineers and a Month of Work
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Ten engineers and a month of work -- that’s what it could take for Apple Inc. to write the program the FBI says it needs to crack the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone.
In a court filing responding to a government request that it help break into the device, Apple said the order that it provide “reasonable technical assistance” doesn’t take into full account what that assistance would entail -- and that it won’t be fast or easy.