#apple just revealed a declassified government order, but thousands more are still secret
Late last night, Apple released its latest transparency report, covering government requests for the second half of 2016. There were a number of new sections in the report — including more data on emergency requests, account deletions, and non-criminal data demands — but what stood out most was the section on National Security Letters, a controversial legal method used to secretly demand customer data. That section included a surprising line item, reporting a single declassified national security letter from the US government. The same report revealed more than 5,000 such requests in the second half of 2016, all still classified for reasons of national security. For some reason this one had lost its classified status. What could it mean?
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