Article 15NFQ Apple v FBI congressional hearing – as it happened

Apple v FBI congressional hearing – as it happened

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Sam Thielman in New York
from Technology | The Guardian on (#15NFQ)

11.17pm GMT

That's the end of this liveblog. To recap: A grueling five-hour hearing revealed an unusual antipathy toward the Department of Justice in the usually FBI-friendly house of representatives judiciary committee.

Lawmakers didn't merely accuse the FBI of undermining cybersecurity. Ranking committee member John Conyers attacked bureau director James Comey, saying that using the case of the iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino killer Syed Farook had undermined the remit of the legislature itself.

10.30pm GMT

Landau, answering a question from Congresswoman Lofgren, says that everything is connected to the internet and treating it like it isn't will lead to trouble. The FBI is asking for login credentials, she says, which would set an especially dangerous precedent.

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