FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone

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+0.20	FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone (arstechnica.com)
	14 points by alwillis 22 hours ago \| 14 comments on HN \| Neutral ~lite vlite-1.6

Summary ~lite Digital Rights Acknowledges

FBI vs Apple

EQ 0.60

SO 0.40

TD 0.70

Lite evaluation by llama-3.3-70b-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available

Longitudinal 28 HN snapshots · 27 evals

Audit Trail 47 entries

2026-03-04 18:42	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 18:42	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 17:40	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 17:40	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 17:15	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 17:15	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 14:26	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 14:26	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 14:16	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 14:16	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 13:44	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 13:44	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 13:35	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 13:35	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 13:30	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 13:30	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 13:08	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 13:08	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 12:58	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 12:58	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 12:27	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 12:27	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 12:22	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 12:22	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 12:17	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 12:17	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 11:45	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 11:45	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 11:40	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 11:40	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 10:59	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 10:59	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 10:54	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 10:54	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 10:18	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 10:18	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 10:15	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.08)	- -
2026-03-04 10:15	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 09:41	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16)	- -
2026-03-04 09:41	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 09:36	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 09:05	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 09:00	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 08:21	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive) 0.00
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 08:20	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral) 0.00
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple
2026-03-04 07:53	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive)
	reasoning Tech-policy article discussing FBI's struggle with Apple's Lockdown Mode
2026-03-04 07:52	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.08 (Neutral)
	reasoning Tech policy article on FBI and Apple

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