The US government says its campaign to force Apple to unlock an iPhone phone was an isolated case, but new research reveals a sustained effort that also affected the technology firm Google.
“Although the FBI no longer needs the help of Apple (to unlock the author of a shooting in December in the Californian city of San Bernardino), his request was part of a sustained effort government to exercise a new power, “says the organization American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
the group of defense of civil rights published today on its website an interactive map on the showing that the government has used the law of 1789 with which he tried to force Apple to unlock an iPhone in dozens of cases since 2008.
“We discovered 63 confirmed cases which the government (…) issued a subpoena to force Apple or Google to provide help to access data stored on mobile devices, “says the ACLU.
research by the organization indicates that in most cases the investigations are related to narcotics cases.
the information comes to light just days after the Justice Department reveals you no longer need Apple’s help to unlock the author of shootings San Bernardino to have gained access to phone data.
the FBI had asked Apple to create software that would allow its researchers to access data on the phone.
Apple refused arguing that doing so would jeopardize the safety of the millions of iPhones on the market.
in one case, related to a drug investigation in California last year, prosecutors obtained the backing of a subpoena demanding that Google will help the authorities to access the data from two phones using the Android operating system developed by technology company.
Google faced similar requests in cases in other states like Alabama, New Mexico, North Carolina, ND North, Oregon and South Dakota.
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