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if the FBI found a way to hack into an iPhone without apples help should we be concerned I'm Bridget Carey this is your scene at update apples brawl with the FBI is now on hold the FBI says it may not need apples help to gain access to a locked iphone used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook Apple and the FBI were scheduled to attend a court hearing Tuesday regarding the matter but it has been called off in a strange last-minute twist the US Department of Justice asked to cancel the hearing because an outside party advised the FBI that there may be a way to hack into the iphone without getting Apple involved and now the cord is allowing the FBI some time to try out this method and it will need to give a status report in two weeks on april fifth if the hack did not work the hearings likely going to be rescheduled this heated battle comes down to one core concept can the government order a company to build software to break the security of its own product in order to help with an investigation Apple has been outspoken in its refusal to create such a software just the other day Apple CEO Tim Cook address the matter again before the unveiling of the new iPhone se in the iPad pro we did not expect to be in this position at odds with our own government but we believe strongly that we have a responsibility to help you protect your data and protect your privacy we owe it to our customers and we owe it to our country during a conference call with reporters on Monday evening Apple attorney said the FBI has not told Apple how its trying to hack into the iphone so Apple is still not at a great situation if there is a way to break into an iPhone will the FBI ever tell Apple so the flaw can be patched well don't count on it other security agencies use flaws to their advantage for surveillance but who is to say a hacker can't take advantage of the same trick when the government wants to exploit hacks we should be asking what is it doing to also guard the security of its citizens now before I end there is an important alert for anyone who owns a Kindle e-reader after Tuesday candles that are not updated to the latest software update over Wi-Fi will lose the ability to connect to the internet now this is for Kendall's made from 2012 and earlier but if you're locked out and you didn't upgrade all is not lost you can manually download and install the update yourself by connecting the Kindle to the computer that does it for this tech news roundup when we always keep you updated on cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey