Barr Blasts Apple for Not Helping Unlock Shooter’s iPhones

  • DOJ chief slams Apple for not helping unlock shooter’s devices
  • Since San Bernardino standoff, Apple has ramped up encryption
William Barr speaks near diplayed photos of the shooter’s cellphone, in Washington on Jan. 13.Photographer: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Apple Inc. and the U.S. government are once again at odds over access to iPhones involved in a terrorist attack, putting the world’s largest technology company under renewed pressure to weaken privacy features that have become a key selling point.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr slammed Apple on Monday for not helping investigators unlock iPhones belonging to the perpetrator of a Dec. 6 terrorist attack at a Navy base in Florida.