A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York denied the U.S. government’s motion to compel Apple Inc. to provide access into an iPhone used in a drug case, according to court documents released on Monday, Reuters reports.
The government sought access to the phone in October, months before a judge in California ordered Apple to give the government access to the phone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino, California attacks.
It should be recalled that earlier Apple proposed to create a government commission on encryption to help resolve the standoff over national security and data privacy.