New York judge ruled against the U.S. government that government can’t force Apple to unlock an iPhone to investigate a drug dealer.
On Monday, NY federal Judge sided with Apple in a separate drug case indicating that a 18th-century law, called the All Writ’s Act, doesn’t give the government a power to force Apple to derive data from a locked phone. All writ's act was part of the 1789 U.S. Judiciary Act. The "Writ " means "Formal Order" that gives a federal judge to compel an individual to do necessary and proper things within the boundaries of law. Recently, however, a California judge in San Bernardino case sided with government saying that Apple should help government in unlocking a cellphone used by a shooter. The heart of the legal contention in California case was that whether the government can use...
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