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Transcript shows FBI's potential iPhone hack was last-minute development

The U.S. government recently succeeded in postponing its first court hearing in its ongoing encryption feud with Apple, citing the possible discovery of a new way of hacking into the iPhone at the center of the case without Apple's help. Now, a transcript has been released from the conference call where the decision to vacate the hearing was made, showing that the government was indeed surprised by the emergence of the new hacking method. In response to Apple attorney Ted Boutros' request for a dismissal of the order altogether, Assistant US Attorney Tracy Wilkison reinforced the idea that the new hacking method was a last-minute development. From the transcript, as reported by The Verge: We only learned about this possibility today, this morning, about this possibility that Apple is not necessary. And we have a good faith basis at this point in order to bring it up. There have been a lot of people who have reached out to us during this litigation with proposed alternate method...<br clear='all'/>

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