“iPhone users will rally at Apple stores worldwide Tuesday, a show of support for the tech company as it fights back against a court order requiring it to help FBI agents unlock a terrorist’s phone — a demand backed by the families of the victims and Apple rival Bill Gates,” Meg Wagner reports for New York Daily News. “Demonstrators are expected to gather at more than 40 Apple stores — including New York City’s Fifth Avenue location and shops in Germany, China and the U.K. — at 5:30 p.m. local time.”
“The group, dubbed ‘Don’t Break Our Phones,’ supports the tech company’s refusal to break into an encrypted iPhone used by Syed Farook, the San Bernardino terrorist who killed 14 people in December,” Wagner reports. “Last week, a judge ordered Apple to write software that would bypass the phone’s security and help agents access the data — and any possible evidence — but CEO Tim Cook pushed back, citing privacy concerns in a fiery open letter to his customers.”
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SEE ALSO:
Bill Gates backs U.S. government’s iPhone hack request – February 23, 2016
U.S. government seeks to force Apple to extract data from a dozen more iPhones – February 23, 2016
Apple CEO Cook: They’d have to cart us out in a box before we’d create a backdoor – February 22, 2016
Tim Cook’s memo to Apple employees: ‘This case is about more than a single phone’ – February 22, 2016
Obama administration: We’re only demanding Apple hack just one iPhone – February 17, 2016