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Apple fights back in court, refusing to hack into iPhone for FBI

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2016-02-26 09:00Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping
An iPhone user attends a rally at the Apple flagship store in Manhattan to support the company's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone in New York, the United States, Feb. 23, 2016. Apple, a technology company in Silicon Valley, last Wednesday opposed a judge's order to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) access the phone of a terrorist killer. (Photo: Xinhua/Wang Lei)

An iPhone user attends a rally at the Apple flagship store in Manhattan to support the company's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone in New York, the United States, Feb. 23, 2016. Apple, a technology company in Silicon Valley, last Wednesday opposed a judge's order to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) access the phone of a terrorist killer. (Photo: Xinhua/Wang Lei)

Apple Inc. on Thursday took to the court to refuse help with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on hacking into the encrypted iPhone of a terrorist killer.

Apple asked Judge Sheri Pym of the U.S. District Court, Central California, to reverse her order on Feb. 16 that the Silicon Valley company help the FBI access the work phone of Syed Farook, who together with his wife Tashfeen Malik shot dead 14 people on Dec. 2 last year in San Bernardino, California. The couple were killed by police.

While three other phones were destroyed by the couple, the iPhone 5c owned by San Bernardino County, where Farook worked at the public health department, has a security feature that erases data after 10 unsuccessful unlocking attempts. The FBI requested Apple's help to unlock the smartphone.

In his argument, however, Apple's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook called the move "an unprecedented step" threatening the security of customers.

In Apple's filing Thursday, the company's first response through the court, rather than fighting back through the court of public opinion in the past week, Apple accused the government of seeking "dangerous power" by proposing a "boundless interpretation" of the law.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion with the court on Feb. 19 to compel Apple to comply with the judge's order, noting that the company had been cooperative and alleging that its recent refusal "appears to be based on its concerns for its business model and public brand marketing strategy."

  

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