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Friday, April 01, 2016

Government Has Used 1789 Law To Compel Apple & Google To Unlock More Than 63 Smartphones

The high-profile legal standoff between Apple and the FBI recently came to an end when the government unlocked a terrorist’s iPhone without Apple’s assistance, but new data confirms that this single showdown is just one of dozens of cases where the federal government has successfully used a more than 225-year-old law to compel Apple or Google to aid authorities in bypassing smartphone security measures. 

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