The Federal Bureau of Investigation is keen to withhold the information they have on how to unlock an iPhone using a secret method. The Apple has shown interest that such knowledge should be disclosed.
The White House has declined to support a newly proposed bill that will give federal courts authority to order tech companies to assist law enforcement agencies by cracking encrypted data.
FBI has unlocked the iPhone used by a gunman in shooting and now, they might be legible to withhold information on the technique from Apple.
The FBI has backed away from an Arkansas prosecutor's statement that its agents would help unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a couple. It claims that it hasn't examined the devices and isn't sure whether it can help the said case.
