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The Real Story Behind The FBI Dropping The Suit With Apple [telecom]

By Frank Miniter

The narrative is that the FBI, with the help of an outside party, managed to hack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Because the FBI was successful, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its legal action that was attempting to force Apple to write software to hack its own product.

This narrative is too neat.

Maybe the U.S. government did find a way into the iPhone or maybe it didn't. But it's interesting that DOJ attorneys and Apple were about to face off in a courtroom in Riverside, Calif., when the DOJ suddenly asked for, and was given, a postponement.

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Bill Horne
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Forbes should realize that there can be no sign that an adblocker has been turned off when there's no adblocker present to begin with :-) .

Until then, ... . Cheers, -- tlvp

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