A federal magistrate judge on Monday ruled that Apple did not have to unlock an encrypted iPhone used in a federal drug case. The ruling gave the company a key victory against the Department of Justice in the midst of a legal struggle over an FBI request that the encrypted phone of a suspected shooter in the San Bernardino, California, massacre also be unlocked. Federal Magistrate Judge James Orenstein ruled that the government failed to prove that it had the power under an 18th century law to force Apple to unlock the phone.
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