Feds used 1789 law to force Apple, Google to unlock phones 63 times

Ars Technica
By David KravetsMar 30, 2016, 11:03 am450 pts
(credit: :D) We've been reporting over and again about how the FBI is citing a 1789 law, the All Writs Act, to compel Apple to assist the authorities in unlocking the iPhone used by extremist Syed Farook, who along with his wife killed 14 people in San Bernardino County in December. In a sense, the law allows…

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