US Justice Department Fires Back at Apple Over iPhone Access

The U.S. Justice Department is asking a judge to immediately compel Apple to comply with a court order for the company to unlock the iPhone used by one of the gunmen in last year's San Bernardino attack in California. In the motion, filed Friday, prosecutors offered a sharp response to the public statement by Apple’s chief, Tim Cook, who said the firm would challenge the court order to protect his customers' privacy. "Rather than assist the effort to fully investigate a...

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