Justice Department pushes unnamed smartphone maker to help crack passcodes

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Justice Department pushes unnamed smartphone maker to help crack passcodes

Apple is big on secrecy: both its own and its users’. Earlier this year, the company tweaked its software to ensure that even Apple would be unable to crack a passcode set by one of its customers. “Unlike our competitors,<span class="ellipsis">…</span><div class="read-more">Read more ›</div><!-- end of .read-more --><img width='1' height='1' src='http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/40dbfc6e/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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