All you need to know: Apple vs FBI

February 18, 2016 01:24

A federal judge has ordered Apple to make it easier to access a phone recovered from one of the San Bernardino shooters and Apple has said no.

It said that this would amount to creating a backdoor to the iPhone that doesn't exist today and that could have "chilling" implications beyond breaking into one device.

Apple's concern is that once a master key exists it would be able to unlock any device in someone's possession, and it could then be used by hackers, criminals and governments.

A battle of this kind has been looming since 2014. That's when Apple started making the iPhone with additional encryption the company couldn't unlock itself.

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