FBI drops case against Apple, but questions between national security and privacy continue

FBI drops case against Apple, but questions between national security and privacy continue

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The official seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen on an iPhone’s camera screen outside the J. Edgar Hoover headquarters in Washington, D.C.; Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

This week, the FBI dropped its case against Apple saying it found a third-party to bypass the iPhone’s security features to unlock the phone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. 

Take Two’s A. Martinez talks to Matt Larson, Technology Litigation Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence about the what this means for the future of privacy and national security.