FBI promises to keep Apple iPhone hack secret

Published April 7, 2016 1:28pm ET



The method used to hack an Apple iPhone is going to stay secret, FBI Director James Comey assured an audience on Wednesday. Although the agency might end up sharing it with Apple.

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“The FBI is very good at keeping secrets,” Comey said in a speech at Ohio’s Kenyon College. “The people we bought this from, I know a fair amount about them and I have a high degree of confidence that they are very good at protecting it and their motivations align with ours.”

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