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Apple is getting kudos galore for the privacy it provides to its mobile customers. What’s got everyone so excited? With the Apple iOS 8 update to its mobile operating system, texts, photos and other information stored on people’s iPhones and iPads is locked by user passwords, and Apple says it doesn’t have the key. The company says this means it can’t turn over that information to authorities — even with a warrant. Privacy advocates are cheering. But law enforcement isn’t truly out of luck. An iOS forensic expert says cops can still grab and offload sensitive data from your locked iPhone, even in iOS 8. All they need is your powered-on phone and access to a computer you’ve previously used to move data onto and off of it.
