Bipartisan bill aims to prevent the government from forcing backdoors

Bipartisan bill aims to prevent the government from forcing backdoors

While similar to previous legislation proposed by Lofgren, the act’s introduction stems from a Department of Justice report that concluded the FBI didn’t do everything it could to access the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone in 2016 before resorting to a court order. At the time, Apple refused to unlock Syed Rizwan Farook’s phone, saying that …