Apple calls DOJ's most recent response to San Bernardino case 'a cheap shot'

Tensions between Apple and the FBI flared up Thursday after the U.S. Department of Justice filed its latest response in the San Bernardino iPhone case.

The FBI is asking Apple to help it unlock an iPhone used by Syed Farook, the gunman in the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people and injured 22 more

Apple has consistently said that the request — not just by a U.S. court, but by the government in any country — is unprecedented. The company said as much in interviews with the press and before Congress.

In its most recent filing, the government calls those statements into question, writing that "Apple appears to have made special accommodations in China as well: For example, moving Chinese user data to Chinese government servers, and installing a different Wi-Fi protocol for Chinese iPhones." Read more...