Apple vs FBI (2016 case)
Context: terrorist attack in San Bernardino on December 2nd, 2015
A federal judge ordered Apple Inc. to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone used by Syed Farook, the terrorist, who along with his wife killed 14 people in December 2015 but Apple couldn’t.
The government wanted Apple to create a software that would kick in after anyone makes 10 wrong attempts at guessing the iPhone's passcode. Once that feature is activated, it renders all the data on the phone permanently unreadable.
Apple said it could create the software the government wanted, but it argued that doing so would be a bad idea.
Apple said that the software could be stolen by hackers and used against other iphones and Tim Cook, Apple CEO, said the order would set a precedent for more government demands, both in the United States and around the world.
End of the case
- The US government dropped its court fight against Apple after the FBI successfully pulled data from the iPhone of San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook, according to court records.
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