According to those familiar with the investigation, the Apple iPhone 5c given to Sayed Farook by the San Bernardino County Public Health Department to help him at work, has actually helped the FBI tie up some loose ends. The phone revealed that Farook was not in touch with ISIS supporters, nor was there any encrypted communications transmitted during a certain time period that had the FBI concerned.
Information found on the phone, which was unlocked without Apple’s help by hackers at the request of the FBI, allowed the government to lessen their concern about 18 unaccounted minutes for Farook and his wife covering the date that they killed 14 inside a San Bernardino office building.
