29-02-2016 15:48 via wbrz.com

NY judge: US cannot make Apple provide iPhone data

NEW YORK - A New York judge says the U.S. Justice Department cannot force Apple to provide the FBI with access to locked iPhone data in a routine Brooklyn drug case.U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein ruled Monday. The decision follows a California magistrate judge's order requiring Apple to create software to help the U.S. hack the iPhone of a shooter in the Dec. 2 killing of 14 people in San Bernardino, California.In October, Orenstein invited Apple to challenge the government's use of a 178
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