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The thread centers on a motion to overturn a California judge’s order requiring Apple to help the FBI access data from an iPhone used in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks, including whether Apple would need to engineer a special operating system. The key question discussed is the balance between the government’s claim that there’s no alternative route to the data and Apple’s argument that the order violates its First Amendment rights. Overall, the sentiment appears focused and critical/concerned about the legal and constitutional implications of forcing a tech company to build access tools.

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Link Removed filed a motion on Thursday to vacate a California judge's order compelling the company to create software that would allow FBI agents to access an iPhone used in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attacks.

The government has said Apple must help because there is no way to get at the data on a smartphone used by San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook without the company engineering a special operating system. The company said, among other things, that the judge's order violates the company's First Amendment rights.
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