[droithomme]

> 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"?

[jfoster]

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.)