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Terrorists no longer welcome on OneDrive or Hotmail

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Microsoft outlined new anti-terrorism policies today. Terrorists are no longer welcome to use Microsoft’s online services, and the company will remove terrorist content when it’s reported to be on the company’s systems.

With the change, terrorist content joins hate speech and the advocacy of violence against others as expressly prohibited. Microsoft says that it will be using the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List to determine whether something is terrorist or not; content posted by or in support of the individuals and groups on that list will be prohibited.

The policy for Bing will be different; links to terrorist content will be removed only in response to a takedown demand compliant with local law.

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FBI will not disclose to Apple how hackers got into terrorist’s iPhone

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The FBI will not tell Apple how it unlocked an iPhone used by one of the terrorists in the San Bernardino attack because the bureau does not possess enough of the technical details about the hack to make such a disclosure worthwhile, a top agency official …
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FBI Exploits Zero-Day on iOS to Hack Terrorist’s iPhone – eWeek

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FBI Exploits Zero-Day on iOS to Hack Terrorist's iPhone
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A new zero-day exploit against Apple's iOS mobile operating system enables an attacker to bypass a security lockout feature that will erase the device's contents after 10 unsuccessful passcode tries. The group taking credit for the new zero-day is none …
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Let’s hope the FBI really can crack the terrorist’s iPhone

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It’s good if the FBI has found a way to crack into the iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorist for two reasons.

First, the FBI can find out what’s on it. Maybe it’s important to the investigation of the shootings and maybe it’s not, but cracking the phone is the only way to find out.

And second, it’s giving Apple (and the tech industry in general), the FBI (and law enforcement in general), and Congress the breathing room to sort out the issues rationally.

The latter is the more important of the two. Yes, it’s important to wring every bit of evidence out of the terrorism investigation, but it’s one incident. The course being set by the lawsuit between the FBI and Apple could have legal implications far beyond the one case.

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