Cybersecurity
Apple-FBI Battle Over IPhone Encryption Rages on in New York
- U.S. is fighting to make Apple help in Brooklyn drug case
- FBI, Apple officials to testify before Congress next week
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The tug-of-war between Apple Inc. and the FBI over encryption shows no signs of easing with the company standing fast in its refusal to help investigators in Brooklyn access a drug dealer’s phone.
The government’s argument that it needs Apple’s help to extract the data is undercut by its revelation in California that it cracked a terrorist’s phone without the tech giant’s assistance, even though it was more secure, Apple said in court papers filed in Brooklyn on Friday.