21-10-2015 01:11 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Apple tells U.S. judge 'impossible' to unlock new iPhones

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be "impossible" with devices using its latest operating system, but the company has the "technical ability" to help law enforcement unlock older phones. Apple's position was laid out in a brief filed late Monday, after a federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn, New York, sought its input as he weighed a U.S. Justice Department request to force the company to help authorities access a
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