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The Apple-F.B.I. Case

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    Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief, defended the company’s battle with the government at an event last week.
    CreditAndrew Burton for The New York Times

    U.S. Says It Has Unlocked iPhone Without Apple

    The Justice Department announcement, in a court filing, ends an immediate legal battle over the San Bernardino shooting case but raises questions about Apple’s security.

     By Katie Benner and Eric Lichtblau

  1. With Finality, F.B.I. Opts Not to Share iPhone-Unlocking Method

    The bureau said that it would not ask for a review of the tactics used to break into the iPhone of a San Bernardino, Calif., attacker.

    By Eric Lichtblau and Katie Benner

     

  2. F.B.I. Director Suggests Bill for iPhone Hacking Topped $1.3 Million

    Previously, the F.B.I. had been unwilling to say how much it paid to look into the iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino shootings.

    By Eric Lichtblau and Katie Benner

     

  3. F.B.I. Says It Needs Hackers to Keep Up With Tech Companies

    Government officials and Apple representatives showed no sign of compromise in their battle over encryption and privacy, as they appeared before a congressional panel.

    By Cecilia Kang and Eric Lichtblau

     

  4. F.B.I. Used Hacking Software Decade Before iPhone Fight

    Newly declassified and released records show in new detail how F.B.I. hackers worked to defeat encryption over a decade before the agency’s recent fight with Apple over access to a locked iPhone.

    By Matt Apuzzo

     

  5. F.B.I. Lawyer Won’t Say if Data From Unlocked iPhone Is Useful

    James A. Baker, the F.B.I.’s general counsel, said the bureau was still working on putting the extracted data to use.

    By Eric Lichtblau

     

  6. Filing to Drop Case Against Apple

    The Justice Department said that it had found a way to unlock an iPhone without help from Apple, allowing the agency to withdraw its legal effort to compel the company to assist in a mass-shooting investigation.

     

  7. F.B.I. Clash With Apple Loosed a Torrent of Possible Ways to Hack an iPhone

    The prominence of the case has stimulated people worldwide to try to get into the device, and now the government has to check out their ideas.

    By Katie Benner

     

  8. Apple Policy on Bugs May Explain Why Hackers Would Help F.B.I.

    Apple does not pay hackers to find and report bugs, which may explain why a third party has offered to help the government break into an iPhone.

    By Nicole Perlroth and Katie Benner

     

  9. U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple’s Help to Unlock iPhone

    A court hearing set for Tuesday was canceled in the Justice Department’s bid to gain access to phone data in the San Bernardino mass shooting inquiry.

    By Katie Benner and Matt Apuzzo

     

  10. Judge in Apple Case Seen as Unfazed by Stress, Even a Plane Crash

    Sheri Pym, who is overseeing the case between Apple and the Justice Department, is described as unflappable, even when a plane crashed into her house.

    By Katie Benner