The US government has dropped a case against Apple that sought to compel the company to provide access to an alleged New York drug dealer’s locked iPhone.
The Department of Justice said Apple’s help was no longer necessary as the passcode had been obtained.
A similar case involving a phone used by the San Bernardino gunman was dropped when the FBI got help from a third-party to unlock the handset.
The DoJ denied either case was about setting a court precedent.
The cases revolve around cracking the four-digit security number that accesses the phone without triggering a security feature that erases all data after 10 incorrect guesses.