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If Apple cooperates with FBI, iPhone leaks grow far likelier

Date published: 
March 19, 2016

"Cases in which prosecutors have signaled interest in the Apple tool, or one like it, continue to pile up. In Manhattan, for instance, the district attorney’s office says it holds 205 encrypted iPhones that neither it nor Apple can currently unlock, up from 111 in November. Such pent-up demand for the tool spells danger, said Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, since its widespread dissemination presents a clear threat to the security of innocent iPhone users.



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This article by Center for Internet and Society originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on March 19, 2016 at 10:00AM

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