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From Jamie Condliffe at Gizmodo, “The Justice Department has announced that it wants to overturn a ruling that currently protects an iPhone in New York from being unlocked.”
Our Technology contributor, Zolon Farsane, predicted just this scenario in his most recent piece – “Apple versus the FBI – Decoding the Debacle” when he called the San Bernardino case a “red herring”.