FBI and Apple to testify to settle battle over iPhone encryption

‘The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and American tech giant Apple will testify at a congressional hearing regarding a court order to force Apple to give the FBI data from the iPhone belonging to one of the alleged mass shooters in San Bernardino, California.

Apple’s general counsel, Bruce Sewell, will argue Tuesday that creating a tool to unlock the phone would weaken the security of hundreds of millions of Apple devices, according to Sewell’s prepared remarks before the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

“The decisions should be made by you and your colleagues as representatives of the people, rather than through a warrant request based on a 220-year-old statute,” Sewell is expected to tell the committee.’

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