‘We Don’t Want to Break Anyone’s Encryption’: FBI Fires Back at Apple

The war of words between Apple Inc. and the government continued Sunday as FBI Director James Comey said forcing Apple to help unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters is no big deal.

“We don’t want to break anyone’s encryption or set a master key loose on the land,” Comey said in a statement Sunday night, insisting that vital decisions involving safety from terrorists shouldn’t be left in the hands of “corporations that sell stuff for a living.”

A federal judge last week ordered Apple to help investigators gain access to encrypted data…

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