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shutterstock_270461501 The court showdown between the United States Department of Justice and Apple that was scheduled for this Tuesday was postponed. This was requested by the Department of Justice itself as it claims that it could have found an alternative to enter the iPhone of Syed Farook, the San Bernardino attacker over whom the FBI and Apple have clashed in recent months. In a court document filed Monday, US authorities said they do not need Apple's help. “On Sunday, March 20, an outside party demonstrated to the FBI a possible method to unlock Farook's iPhone… If the method is viable, it should eliminate assistance from Apple Inc,” the document says. Federal investigators want to see what information is available but the phone is permanently locked. They cannot try to guess the code because the self-destruct setting is active and after 10 wrong password attempts the information would be erased. The FBI wants Apple to create special software that allows it to bypass security protocols to try infinite key combinations.
Apple has fought against that order . Their central argument is that removing the security protection in this case creates a “back door” that would potentially allow government hackers to break the security of similar iPhones. The government has argued that its request is focused solely on Farook's phone. “It was always about getting into the phone of a dead terrorist,” an official said at a press conference on Monday. “It was always about this iPhone.” A judge ruled Bahamas Mobile Number List in February that Apple must comply with the government's request, and the Justice Department and Apple were due to meet in court this Tuesday after a month of legal sessions. Now the Department of Justice will have a chance to test the method of getting to the cell phone information that an “outside party” offered. A bailiff said the Justice Department is “cautiously optimistic” that the method will work and will notify the judge of the results on April 5. If the government is successful, it will in turn demonstrate a vulnerability in Apple's operating system.
But Apple argues that the government's new attempt to access the phone undermines its position that Apple's compliance was crucial. Lawyers for the technology company said the FBI has not provided information about how it will gain access to the iPhone. Lawyers say any vulnerability in the phones supports what has long been said: that Apple is in a fight against criminals looking for loopholes to breach security. In documents filed Monday, the government said it continued to search for a way to access the phone as the legal battle with Apple continued, and the possible new method was unveiled Sunday. Apple said it is constantly working on security updates. And after its battle with authorities, the company vowed to develop software so secure that even its own developers can't break it. CNNMoney's David Goldman and Jose Pagliery contributed to this report.
Apple has fought against that order . Their central argument is that removing the security protection in this case creates a “back door” that would potentially allow government hackers to break the security of similar iPhones. The government has argued that its request is focused solely on Farook's phone. “It was always about getting into the phone of a dead terrorist,” an official said at a press conference on Monday. “It was always about this iPhone.” A judge ruled Bahamas Mobile Number List in February that Apple must comply with the government's request, and the Justice Department and Apple were due to meet in court this Tuesday after a month of legal sessions. Now the Department of Justice will have a chance to test the method of getting to the cell phone information that an “outside party” offered. A bailiff said the Justice Department is “cautiously optimistic” that the method will work and will notify the judge of the results on April 5. If the government is successful, it will in turn demonstrate a vulnerability in Apple's operating system.
But Apple argues that the government's new attempt to access the phone undermines its position that Apple's compliance was crucial. Lawyers for the technology company said the FBI has not provided information about how it will gain access to the iPhone. Lawyers say any vulnerability in the phones supports what has long been said: that Apple is in a fight against criminals looking for loopholes to breach security. In documents filed Monday, the government said it continued to search for a way to access the phone as the legal battle with Apple continued, and the possible new method was unveiled Sunday. Apple said it is constantly working on security updates. And after its battle with authorities, the company vowed to develop software so secure that even its own developers can't break it. CNNMoney's David Goldman and Jose Pagliery contributed to this report.