{"id":26529,"date":"2019-09-09T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=26529"},"modified":"2019-09-09T15:35:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:35:27","slug":"doj-asks-apple-to-identify-users-of-gun-scope-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/09\/doj-asks-apple-to-identify-users-of-gun-scope-app\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Asks Apple to Identify Users of Gun Scope App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/09\/06\/doj-wants-apple-google-to-relinquish-user-data-of-rifle-scope-app\">Mikey Campbell<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2019\/09\/06\/us-government-gun-scope-data-request-apple\/\">MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/19\/09\/06\/doj-wants-apple-google-to-relinquish-user-data-of-rifle-scope-app\">\n<p>Detailed in an application for a court order filed on Thursday, the DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2019\/09\/06\/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app\/#2738f5832423\">seeks names<\/a>, phone numbers, IP addresses and other personal data of iOS and Android users who downloaded the Obsidian 4 app, reports <em>Forbes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The app, developed by American Technologies Network Corp, enables owners to connect to and control rifle scopes manufactured by the same company, specifically models in the ATN X-Sight 4K and ThOR 4 product lines. With Obsidian 4, users can connect to a compatible scope via Wi-Fi and stream live video, review images and movies stored on the scope&rsquo;s microSD card and adjust hardware settings.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ is issuing the order to assist in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation of illegal exports of ATN scopes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how Apple responds, because this is not a case where it can say that it&rsquo;s being asked to hack its own devices. The requested data is likely already easily accessible on its servers. And it&rsquo;s not from a particular known suspect like Syed Farook; rather, this is a fishing expedition. It could also set a precedent for other types of apps that other governments want information about.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/17\/the-time-tim-cook-stood-his-ground-against-the-fbi\/\">The Time Tim Cook Stood His Ground Against the FBI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikey Campbell (MacRumors): Detailed in an application for a court order filed on Thursday, the DOJ seeks names, phone numbers, IP addresses and other personal data of iOS and Android users who downloaded the Obsidian 4 app, reports Forbes. The app, developed by American Technologies Network Corp, enables owners to connect to and control rifle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2019-09-09T19:33:02Z","apple_news_api_id":"a61c6db7-d495-478c-a424-b2a4de803b98","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2019-09-09T19:35:31Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Aphxtt9SVR4ykJLKk3oA7mA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[91,38,1870,784,31,1610,26,209,355],"class_list":["post-26529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-appstore","tag-apple","tag-department-of-justice-doj","tag-google-play-store","tag-ios","tag-ios-12","tag-iosapp","tag-legal","tag-privacy"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26538,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26529\/revisions\/26538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}