FBI-Apple Standoff Was Years in the Making

If the FBI and the tech industry had been looking for a near-perfect test case to establish the limits — if any — of encryption, it now appears they’ve found what they’re looking for. This week, U.S. District Judge Sheri Pym ruled that engineers at Apple must help the FBI gain access to a locked iPhone by creating a custom bit of code that would break Apple’s proprietary auto-destruct security system. In response, Apple CEO Tim Cook called the ruling “chilling” and said his engineers...

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