26th November 2014 by Jon Fingas
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/7f14034815569a0d1ffaea2c48b1d14a/201153136/galaxy-note-encryption-shutterstock.jpgFederal law enforcement might not be having much success pushing for laws that require a security backdoor on your phone, but that doesn't mean it's out of options. Judges (including one who published an opinion on a New York fraud case) have been leaning on the All Writs Act, a 1789 law granting courts power to carry out their duties, to compel phone makers to provide "reasonable technical assistance" in unlocking devices. Theoretically, this could force vendors to help decrypt phones when they'd otherwise say they couldn't.
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US courts hope an old law will help them bypass phone encryption
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