Apple Raises The Stakes In Silicon Valley’s Fight Over Encryption

Apple Raises The Stakes In Silicon Valley’s Fight Over Encryption

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Apple says it will not comply with a judge’s request that it help unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino, Calif., attack. This legal showdown has been years in the making as tensions have been building between tech companies and law enforcement, as encryption has become easier to use — and harder to crack.

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