After the unprecedented breach of hacking tools and exploits stolen from the US National Security Agency’s elite hacking unit, some privacy advocates see it as clear vindication of Apple in its fight with the FBI earlier this year.
Apple: If we’re forced to build a tool to hack iPhones, someone will steal it.
FBI: Nonsense.
Russia: We just published NSA’s hacking tools
— Christopher Soghoian (@csoghoian) August 17, 2016
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