Apple to develop an online tool for law enforcement agencies seeking user data

Apple has fought with law enforcement before over requests for personal data locked away inside an iPhone. The most notable showdown occurr...

Apple has fought with law enforcement before over requests for personal data locked away inside an iPhone. The most notable showdown occurred a couple of years ago when the FBI wanted to see the data inside the Apple iPhone 5c owned by San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. Apple claimed that the only way to make that happen was to develop a unique version of iOS that could unlock any iPhone. Considering the risk of such a program getting leaked, or copied and distributed by hackers, Apple might have been right to put up a fight. The FBI reportedly paid a fortune to have a third-party firm unlock ...

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