While federal officials and tech industry insiders have taken predictable sides in the ongoing legal battle between Apple, Inc. and the FBI, the pulse of the American public on the matter has been harder to read. One poll, released Wednesday, suggests that more Americans – though not a resounding majority – support the technology company's decision not to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation hack into an iPhone used by San Bernardino, Calif., shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. The results of a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday that surveyed more than 1,500 adults throughout the United States this week found that around 46 percent of respondents agreed with Apple’s decision to reject a court order requiring it to unlock the cell phone used by Mr. Farook for law enforcement officials.

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