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March 1, 2016 | By Parker Higgins
Apple Fight Could Lead To „Virtually Limitless“ Surveillance Powers, Judge Warns

At stake in Apple‘s fight against government orders to break open locked iPhones could be the legal authorization for “virtually limitless” surveillance under the Internet of Things, according to a federal judge‘s order rejecting a government request in a New York drug case yesterday. Midway through his lengthy opinion, Magistrate Judge James Orenstein made that point clear as he dismantled the staggering government claim that Apple‘s software licensing arrangement was proof that the company was “sufficiently close” to consumer devices that it could be compelled to unlock them.