17-02-2016 23:11 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Privacy versus security at heart of Apple phone decrypt order

A court order demanding that Apple Inc help the U.S. government unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters opens a new chapter in the legal, political and technological fight pitting law enforcement against civil liberties advocates and major tech companies. The government argues that the phone is a crucial piece of evidence in investigating one of the worst attacks in the United States by people who sympathized with Islamist militants. A federal judge in Los Angeles on Tu
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