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FBI hacks terrorist’s iPhone, drops Apple demand

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Monday it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple Inc.'s help to hack into the iPhone used by the terrorists in the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting last year, effectively ending a pitched court battle between the Obama administration and one of the

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Apple help may not be needed to unlock terrorist’s iPhone

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a stunning disclosure, federal authorities said Monday that they may have found a way to unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attack, a development that could make Apple's forced cooperation unnecessary. In a filing late Monday, federal

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FBI, Apple clash before Congress as encryption fight simmers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government calls it a "vicious guard dog" that hurts national security. Apple says it's critical to protecting consumer privacy against increasingly sophisticated hackers. As the debate over built-in iPhone encryption has deadlocked in the courts, law enforcement and the world'

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Don’t be fooled by corporations’ self-proclaimed title of privacy protector

The recent firestorm between Apple, arguably the most valuable company in the world, and the Department of Justice regarding access to cell phone data has filled the headlines. Wrapping itself in the mantel of privacy protection, Apple is refusing to honor a court order to assist federal officials in accessing

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FBI Director: Encryption the ‘hardest question I’ve seen’ in gov’t

WASHINGTON (AP) — The policy issues raised in the Justice Department's dispute with Apple Inc. over a locked iPhone represent the "hardest question I've seen in government and it's going to require negotiation and conversation," FBI Director James Comey said Thursday. "It&

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Some victims in mass shooting support efforts to hack iPhone

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some victims of the mass shootings in southern California and their families will file documents encouraging a U.S. magistrate judge to uphold her order that Apple Inc. help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone as part of the terrorism investigation, a lawyer said Monday. A Los

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Government sinks teeth into Apple’s security core

I view Apple with almost as much loathing as I save for overzealous federal prosecutors. My last Apple phone was a lemon. The "Genius Bar" isn't. When I hear Apple extol its vaunted regard for privacy, I think of all the invasive personal questions my iPhone

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Apple given fresh incentive to unlock terrorist’s iPhone

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration told a U.S. magistrate judge on Friday it would be willing to allow Apple to retain possession of and later destroy specialized software it has been ordered to design to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone used by the terrorists in December&