This time investigators from the FBI did not even have to call in the help of hackers, because the owner still gave the password. The question suspect in a drug case had earlier asserted themselves who do not remember, as was shown by the Wall Street Journal from court documents.

It is the second time that the US government finally Apple does through the courts have to forced to give access to an iPhone. The company had in an earlier case the FBI refused to help unlock a phone from the perpetrator of a terrorist attack in the California San Bernardino. With the help of hackers federal investigation department managed to crack the phone finally himself.

However, the investigating authorities have in several other cases dozens iPhones possession of which they do not get cracked encryption. Apple does not want to cooperate because that consumer confidence in the product and would undermine the company