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U.S. succeeds in cracking Apple’s iPhone, drops legal action
March 29, 2016 by publisher · Leave a Comment
The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had succeeded in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and dropped its legal case against Apple, ending a high-stakes legal battle but leaving the broader struggle over encryption unresolved. The abrupt end to a confrontation that had transfixed the tech industry was a victory for Apple, which vehemently opposed a court order obtained by the Justice Department that would have required it to write new software to get into the iPhone. “From the beginning…
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U.S. succeeds in cracking Apple’s iPhone, drops legal action