I would assume they have found that person. It's curious that anyone took it upon themselves to initiate the password reset without authority, but I'd bet they have simply forgotten what they changed it to.
No no no, you don't understand it from the FBI's perspective: they NEED back-door access to all iPhones BECAUSE they are very careless with evidence and passwords all the time.
That's essentially Apple's concern, isn't it? That they will want to increasingly rely on this version of iOS, and eventually accidentally compromise Apple's security model?
Well, I assume Apple have multiple concerns - one is that the cops will leak the backdoor. But even if you could backdoor iOS in a way that couldn't leak, I think Apple would still oppose it.
Apple see this as the thin end of a wedge, establishing the principle that the feds can force Apple to put backdoors in iOS and Apple can't say no. The thick end of the wedge will have much wider scope and much less oversight.
> It's curious that anyone took it upon themselves to initiate the password reset without authority
The phone is critical evidence, according to the FBI and the legal actions around this phone. If the phone's password was changed after the crime without authority the person who did this would have been charged with tampering with evidence.
> I'd bet they have simply forgotten what they changed it to.
What possible reasoning are you using to conclude that a government employee changing the password of a phone after it was known the phone was used by a terrorist would have "simply forgotten what they changed it to"?
My assumption about it being forgotten is predicated on the person doing it not having authority.
I'm basing all this on this snippet from the article:
> It was then that they discovered that the Apple ID password associated with the iPhone had been changed. (The FBI claimed earlier Friday that this was done by someone at the San Bernardino Health Department.)
If they can't keep passwords secure, they aren't going to be able to keep this backdoored iOS version secure either.