The government wants to reverse an important ruling on iPhone encryption
 

The government wants to reverse an important ruling on iPhone encryption
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The government still wants into that iPhone. **, the other iPhone.

The Department of Justice has formally told the courts that it still needs Apple's help to access the iPhone in a Brooklyn drug case. Back in February — when the focus was mostly on the iPhone of the San Bernardi** shooter, a case that was ultimately dropped when the FBI *****ed the phone without Apple's help — a New York judge ruled against the government and sided with Apple that the law meant law enforcement couldn't compel Apple to assist.

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That was an important ruling because the law — the centuries-old All Writs Act — is the same one the FBI initially tried to use in the San Bernardi** case. In that case, **w dropped, the FBI and DoJ wanted to use the AWA to compel Apple to create a new version of iOS that would disable key security features on the phone in question, an iPhone 5C running iOS 9. Read more...


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