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How San Bernardino changes the FBI's war on encryption

• theverge.com

As of last night, Apple's San Bernardino troubles are officially over. Yesterday, the FBI announced that it no longer needs Apple's help in breaking into an iPhone linked to last year's attacks, thanks to a new method for unlocking the phone submitted by an anonymous outside source. For the first time in weeks, Apple's lawyers can breathe easy.

But San Bernardino was just one battle in a much larger fight. The FBI's Going Dark Initiative has been pushing for encryption backdoors since 2014, and they have no intention of stopping now. As soon as last night's filing came in, the Department of Justice announced its intention to continue challenging devices with strong encryption. "It remains a priority for the government to ensure that law enforcement can obtain crucial digital information to protect national security and public safety," the department said in a statement. In other words, the fight is still going. The question is just how and where it will play out.


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