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FBI Director James Comey has said enhanced security on cellphones and other devices blunts the bureau's ability to find terrorists before they strike or to prosecute them if they are caught.

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Experts Cast Doubt On What Else FBI Might Get From Suspect's iPhone

6:46pm February 18, 2016

by NPR Staff

The showdown between the FBI and Apple could result in huge changes for security and privacy, but one thing it may not do is deliver a big break in the San Bernardino case.

A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the two shooters in the San Bernardino attack in December.

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FBI-Apple Showdown Is The Latest Battle In A Bigger War

5:35pm February 18, 2016

by Martin Kaste

The question of whether tech companies should be required to build backdoors has been floating around Congress for years. A public fight over the San Bernardino terrorism case could break the logjam.

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Apple's Standoff With FBI Raises Questions About How Americans View Privacy

4:27pm February 18, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology at Pew Research Center, about the general public's opinion on digital privacy and government surveillance.

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Slippery Slope? Court Orders Apple To Unlock Shooter's iPhone

2:40pm February 18, 2016

by Martin Kaste

Apple says it would fight a federal court order to help the FBI break into a dead terrorist's iPhone. The feds say they're being kept out by one of the phone's security features.

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Shooting Investigators Want To Get Around iPhone Security Features

7:34am February 18, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to Matthew Olsen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, about the battle with Apple over accessing the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers.

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LA Hospital Pays Hackers Nearly $17,000 To Restore Computer Network

9:09pm February 17, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid the ransom of 40 bitcoins — currently worth $16,664 dollars — after the system was infiltrated by hackers.

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Court: State Department Wrongfully Revoked Passport Of American In Yemen

6:50pm February 17, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

A naturalized citizen was stranded for more than a year in war-torn Yemen. The U.S. embassy there says he admitted to identity fraud; the judge says the man was coerced into signing that statement.

An instructor conducts a training session at Transportation Security Administration Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, located at a sprawling former air base in Glynco, Ga.

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Body Scanners And Explosives: TSA Starts Academy For Screeners

6:25pm February 17, 2016

by Brian Naylor

After reports last year showed that auditors had easily smuggled fake explosives through security checkpoints, TSA has stepped up training for new hires.

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Apple Opposes Judge's Order To Help FBI Unlock San Bernardino Shooter's Phone

6:12pm February 17, 2016

by Marie Andrusewicz

Apple has said it can't access data on its phones running iOS 8 or higher — and doesn't intend to try.

As Negotiations Continue, Hopes For Cease-Fire In Syria Dwindle

7:11pm February 16, 2016

by Tom Bowman

The great powers negotiated what they called a cessation of hostilities in Syria, but what has that actually meant for U.S. military operations and the conduct of the wider conflict? What would a cessation mean for the imperiled city of Aleppo, pounded by Russian airstrikes and under threat from government forces?

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