Government using 18th century law to force companies to unlock customers’ mobile phones

Tech companies are forced to unlock mobile phones by law enforcement under a 226-year-old law An 18th-century law that forces third parties to unlock

December 15, 2015 · 1 min · 57 words · Dakota Matthews

This has been used for things such as ordering a prisoner be brought before a court.

The ACLU has filed the FOIA request, as they know very little to nothing about those 70 cases.

Many documents including the governments reasons and justifications remain under seal for even for the six known cases.

Government using 18th century law to force companies to unlock customers' mobile phones

Resource:ACLU

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