By John Glenday

A judge has rejected the latest instance of the US government seeking to access the phone of a criminal after the FBI filed a request to access the iPhone of a convicted drug dealer.

Jun Feng has already pleaded guilty to being a crystal meth dealer and will be sentenced in April but the FBI had sought to obtain further evidence by citing a 227 year old law known as the All Writs Act, which would have compelled Apple to offer assistance.

The move comes in the midst of a high profile stand-off between the government and Apple over a contentious bid Read full story ›

Source: The Drum