US says will pursue Apple phone data in New York drug case | Inquirer Technology

US says will pursue Apple phone data in New York drug case

/ 12:32 AM April 09, 2016

In this Dec. 23, 2013, file photo, a woman using a phone walks past Apple's logo near its retail outlet in Beijing. Even while it fiercely opposes the FBIâ??s demand for help unlocking an encrypted iPhone used in the San Bernardino mass shootings, Apple has never argued that it isnâ??t capable of doing what the government wants. While the FBI may have found an alternative solution in the San Bernardino case, experts say itâ??s almost certain that Apple and other tech companies will keep increasing the security of their products, making it harder or perhaps even impossible for them to answer government demands for customersâ?? data. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

In this Dec. 23, 2013, file photo, a woman using a phone walks past Apple’s logo near its retail outlet in Beijing.  (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department says it will continue trying to force Apple to reveal a phone’s data in a New York drug case.

The government told a Brooklyn judge Friday it still wants an order requiring Apple’s cooperation even though it no longer needs the company’s help with a phone linked to a mass shooting in California.

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An Apple lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment.

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The Justice Department recently dropped a legal fight to compel Apple to help it break into an iPhone used by a gunman in the December attack in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people.

A magistrate judge had blocked the government from forcing Apple to help in the Brooklyn case. The government appealed to a district judge. TVJ

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