How Apple, FBI can both claim victory: analysis [telecom]

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By Jon Swartz

San Francisco - In the end, like a peewee soccer game, everybody won.

Apple wasn't forced to weaken its operating system to comply with the government's request to unlock the seized iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, preserving its stance on privacy and scoring a public relations coup with consumers.

The FBI found a way to crack the phone - it won't say how - creating the possibility it can gain access to other devices in scores of other criminal investigations.