{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"U.S. Drops Case to Force Apple to Unlock iPhone","description":"The Justice Department dropped a court case asking Apple to help them unlock an iPhone after its owner came forward with the passcode, a potential blow to the department in its ongoing battle with Apple over encryption and privacy\n\nProsecutors said the phone's owner, who was arrested as part of a drug investigation, suddenly remembered the passcode and provided it to authorities, who were then able to unlock the phone, the Wall Street Journal reported.","author_name":"TIME's Top Stories","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/21343166/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}