About the Encryption Battle
Prosecutors in the case against Mayor Adams, which involves alleged illegal payments from the Turkish government, disclosed that the FBI has been unable to unlock Adams’ personal phone, even after nearly a year since it was confiscated.
This phone is one of three devices taken from Adams, but his personal phone was seized a day later than the other two official devices. By then, Adams had changed the phone’s passcode from a four-digit PIN to a six-digit code—a step he says was to prevent staffers from accidentally or intentionally deleting information. He also claims to have immediately forgotten the new code.
Our phones hold a lot of personal information—text messages, call logs, emails, and more. This makes them valuable for investigations but also raises privacy concerns. The case of Adams’ phone highlights a bigger issue: the tension between privacy and security.
On one side, law enforcement needs access to information for their invest
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