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Hack Lab: Introduction to Cybersecurity (INTLPOL 268)
Resource 4 . 1 . 8
1.5 hours

[OPTIONAL] In re Apple, Inc. (E.D.N.Y. 2016)

Riana Pfefferkorn

This is a very lengthy opinion, but it's worth a read if you have the time and curiosity: it provides a clear, cogent explanation of how a bunch of different federal laws interact in the context of a government attempt to make Apple unlock a suspect's iPhone (in a different case in Brooklyn from the San Bernardino shooter case in California). No time to read a long court opinion? Here's Prof. Bobby Chesney's explanation of the Brooklyn court's ruling, which contextualizes it against the background of the then-ongoing "Apple vs. FBI" dispute in California.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
149 F. Supp. 3d 341
15-MC-1902 (JO)
2016-02-29

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