Department of Justice Reverses Course on Apple Encryption Case

The Department of Justice appeared to be reversing course in its case against Apple this afternoon, when it filed a motion to vacate the hearing scheduled for tomorrow in order to explore a possible method of decrypting the terrorist iPhone at issue proposed by a third party over the weekend.  I have written more about this development at the Silicon Valley Software Law Blog.  I have posted the link below:

Government Backtracks in Dispute Against Apple Over Unlocking Terrorist iPhone.