Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone
I really find this whole thing hilarious.<p>First, it's Apple sticking it to the FBI by making a stand for privacy and receiving public accolades doing so as a champion of privacy. The FBI is the bad guy trying to invade our privacy.<p>Now, it's the FBI sending a giant "screw you" to Apple by not only letting them know they were able to hack into the phone without Apple's help but at the same time, making a mockery of Apple's entire security claims. And now, Apple is in panic mode, slowly realizing that they went from being the hero of privacy in the modern age to the company that wasn't able to secure its phone from the FBI. From the FBI. Of all things.<p>No wonder they are freaking out and they want to know how the FBI did it.<p>Except that if I were them, I certainly wouldn't ask that publicly, I would at least pretend I know how the FBI did it and claim that it's already fixed in the next version of the OS.<p>Which still means that tens of millions of iPhones are at risk today and will be for months, but at least, you get to pretend that you're ahead of the FBI while right now, it's pretty obvious that Apple has been outsmarted by a government agency.<p>The bottom line is that in this line of work, it pays to be discreet and humble.