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On 29 March 2016, The New Yorker published a satirical article claiming that the FBI had ruined an iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter by spilling water on it: While it's true that the FBI recently unlocked the San Bernardino iPhone (a feat that was not without controversy) there is no truth to the claim that the device was ruined after water was spilled on it. This article is a piece of fiction from writer Andy Borowitz, a well-known satirist. However, many people encountered the article on social media where the topic was presented without any indication that it was a work of satire: On The New Yorker's web site, however, this article is accompanied by at least two satire tags:
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