Moscow, March 10 (RHC)-- U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden says the FBI’s claim to need Apple to break into a terrorist’s iPhone is a sham. The former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency was speaking from Moscow to a conference on the threat Big Data and mass surveillance poses to democracy.
Snowden also tweeted a link to an article, titled “One of the FBI’s Major Claims in the iPhone Case Is Fraudulent,” later Wednesday, which he called an “example” proving the federal authorities’ allegations false.
The article supports the idea that the FBI is capable of bypassing the “auto-erase” feature on the iPhone.
