Apple has responded to the FBI dropping its long and often passionate case against the company, criticising the US government for ever bringing the case.
The FBI has said that the case is no longer needed since it managed to use a mysterious method to get into the much-discussed phone. But Apple responded, arguing that the “case should never have been brought” in the first place.
The case — which was fought passionately and in public — revolved around an iPhone used by a California ass shooter. The FBI argued that Apple should be forced to break into the handset, but the company refused to do so.
And, after the case, it said that it would continue to work harder to make its products more difficult for people including law enforcement to break into.
FBI Assistant Director David Bowdich said Monday that examining the iPhone was part of the authorities' effort to learn if the San Bernardino shooters had worked with others or had targeted any other victims. "I am satisfied that we have access to more answers than we did before," he said in a statement.
