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James Comey compared the practice to locking your door.

The government has been sued for intentionally obstructing Freedom of Information requests.

The figure is smaller than the $1.3 million the agency's chief initially indicated the hack cost.

Director James Comey said the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining seven years at his his job.

The company that helped the FBI unlock a San Bernadino shooter's phone legally owns the method used to gain access.

As of Tuesday the entirety of WhatsApp messages will be supported by end-to-end encryption.

Under the U.S. vulnerabilities equities process, the government is supposed to err in favor of disclosing security issues so companies can devise fixes to protect data.

'The reason they should be confident in that privacy is because there are laws on the books that are assiduously followed.'

The abrupt end to a confrontation that had transfixed the tech industry was a victory for Apple, which vehemently opposed a court order to unlock the device used by the San Bernardino shooter.

The FBI is going to test out the technique over the next two weeks and will report back to the court hearing the case.

The government had insisted until Monday that it had no way to access the phone used by one of the killers in the December massacre in San Bernardino, Calif.

Multiple Apple employees told the New York Times they would resist a direct order to create an encryption backdoor.

'While not all hacking incidents may result in a risk to safety, it is important that consumers take appropriate steps to minimize risk.'

The company is fighting the Justice Department over encryption standards.

The government said Apple 'deliberately raised technological barriers' to prevent execution of a warrant.

The rare display of unity and support from Apple's sometime-rivals showed the breadth of Silicon Valley's opposition to the government's anti-encryption effort, a position endorsed by the United Nations human rights chief.