Cybersecurity
Apple Goes to Washington Fresh From Big Boost in iPhone Fight
- On eve of congressional hearing, a court victory in New York
- Judge calls U.S. demand for help cracking phone `absurd'
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When members of Congress grill Apple Inc. Tuesday on why it refused to help the FBI unlock a terrorist’s iPhone, the company will be fresh from a courtroom victory that bolsters its case against the government.
A federal judge blasted the government on Monday, saying it had overreached its authority and that legislators were the ones who should decide how much prosecutors can ask tech firms to do, not courts.