• Arstechnica, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 3:51 PM

Federal prosecutors in New York are challenging U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein's refusal to order Apple to unlock a drug dealer's iPhone. The government is now asking a federal district court judge to require Apple to unlock the device. The battle in New York predates a similar fight in California, which centers on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Unlike the case in California, Apple doesn't need to create new a new operating system to unlock the iPhone in New York, which is an older model.

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