The court judgement allowed Apple to continue with its practice of preventing and not cracking iPhones.
Apple has been partially relieved in the U.S. On 29th February 2016,a federal magistrate dismissed a request by the FBI to order the American consumer electronics manufacturer to open a drug dealer’s iPhone in a significant setback to the hard work done by the government of US to force the enterprise to help crack San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.
The judgment made late on 29th February 2016 by federal judge James Orenstein rejected the efforts of US Department of Justice’s effort to attain access to an alleged crystal meth dealer Jung Feng’s iPhone, whose case is going on, though Jun has been proved guilty. The court will sentence him in April.
The judgment has come just some time before the smartphone maker and department of justice officials are about to clash in Congress regarding a court judgment calling the Cupertino based organization to undermine a San Bernardino murderer Syed Farook’s iPhone password protection.
Apple has stated the move is “unconstitutional”whereas the DOJ has rejected the concerns of the technology giant as a promotional stunt and claimed that it threatens lives by keeping law enforcement agencies blind.
In the case of Feng, the court was asked by the DOJ to force the company to help conduct the investigation using the 227 years old legislation All Writs Act which has also been used to investigate the San Bernardino shooting.
The decision by James of not honoring the motion of DOJ came as both Director of FBI James Comey and general counsel of Apple Bruce Swell are ready to testify before the legislature to probably make an effort to define the borders between national safety and cyber- safety for the upcoming many years.
The New York judge echoed a claim made by Apple in its high-profile battle with the US government: a tech company cannot be ordered by using AWA to manipulate its devices, he stated. The government has responded by stating the ruling by James will be appealed by the government.
A senior official of Apple, who talked on the condition of being kept anonymous addressed the reporters by stating the decision by James would play a crucial role for the organization in the case of San Bernardino shooting, which has led to nationwide debate regarding the balance between the preservation of privacy and battling crime in the digital era.
He stated the demands of the government in S.B case, including forcing the enterprise to change its operating system, were much more far-reaching than the New York case and a new software was never developed by the organization to respond to the request made by the government.
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