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Apple engineers say they could refuse or quit if ordered to unlock iPhone by FBI

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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In the ongoing controversy over Apple’s refusal of the FBI’s request to assist in unlocking the iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman, The New York Times <span class="s2">reports</span> (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/technology/apple-encryption-engineers-if-ordered-to-unlock-iphone-might-resist.html) Apple engineers could refuse the work necessary even if Apple as a company decides to cooperate with authorities. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Citing “more than a half-dozen current and former Apple employees,” the report claims there is already an internal discussion over engineers possibly refusing to do the necessary work or even quitting:</span></p>
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