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  • Apple unlocked at least 70 iPhones before refusing to hack into terrorist's device

    02/18/2016 12:55:35 PM PST · by Innovative · 75 replies
    Daily News ^ | Feb. 18, 2016 | Meg Wagner
    Apple is fighting the FBI over a court order requiring the tech giant to unlock a terrorist’s iPhone — but it appears the company had no problem breaking into at least 70 other protected smartphones. The October refusal bewildered New York prosecutors, who claimed the iPhone maker "complied" with at least 70 other requests to unlock suspects' phones, Motherboard reported at the time. Each request was made under the All Writs Act, a 1789 statute that grants federal courts broad power to issue "necessary or appropriate" writs. "(Apple) had an established procedure to routinely take any of these requests, comply...