23-02-2016 14:22 via feeds.theguardian.com

FBI has never asked Apple to weaken iPhone's passcode security before

In a battle with the FBI over demand that Apple help unlock an iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter, government insists Apple has cooperated in the pastApple’s history of working with law enforcement agencies has never included a demand for the kind of access the Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking now, according to a person familiar with the company’s actions and a review by the Guardian.The company is in a very public battle with the FBI over its demand that Apple help it unloc
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