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Tim Cook says order to circumvent encryption on San Bernardino attacker’s phone would set dangerous precedent.
From: Inside Story
Violating privacy or fighting ‘terrorism’?
The war of words between Apple and the FBI over the encryption of a shooter’s smartphone is escalating.
24 Feb 2016
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