[Cryptography] FBI engages Isreali company to crack IPhone security

[Henry Baker]

At 08:01 PM 3/23/2016, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>This grudge match between the FBI and the NSA is heating up!
>I wanna get some popcorn and a ringside seat to see what the
>NSA does to spite the FBI for making them look like idiots.

Two words: plausible deniability.

Also, $15k isn't nearly enough for what the FBI is going to do to their reputation when the FBI says "Oops, you screwed up & wiped ths *terrorist's* phone".