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US DOJ claims Apple lacks legal standing to refuse iPhone unlock order

Friday, October 23, 2015 4:55 pmFriday, October 23, 201551 Comments

A federal filing has shed some light on the court matter involving Apple’s unwillingness to unlock…

Apple tells U.S. judge it can’t unlock iPhones running iOS 8 or higher

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 4:26 pmTuesday, October 20, 20159 Comments

Apple Inc. told a federal judge that it ‘would be impossible’ to access user data on a locked iPhone…

Apple CEO Cook defends encryption, opposes back door for government spies

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 8:56 amTuesday, October 20, 201514 Comments

Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday…

With Apple court order, activist federal judge seeks to fuel debate about data encryption

Monday, October 12, 2015 12:16 pmMonday, October 12, 201514 Comments

A federal judge in New York is seeking to expand to the courts the hot debate over whether tech companies like Apple…

Judge declines to order Apple to disable security on device seized by U.S. government

Saturday, October 10, 2015 3:03 pm20 Comments

A federal magistrate in Brooklyn is temporarily refusing to order Apple to disable security on a device seized by the U.S. government…

Apple refused to give iMessages to the U.S. government

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 12:24 pmTuesday, September 8, 201535 Comments

The Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages…

NY Times Op-Ed calls for Apple to decrypt iPhones for law enforcement

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 7:23 pmTuesday, August 11, 201558 Comments

Last September, Apple and Google, whose operating systems…

Edward Snowden explains why Apple should continue to fight the government on encryption

Saturday, August 1, 2015 10:14 am60 Comments

As the Obama administration campaign to stop Apple…

Obama administration war against Apple just got uglier

Friday, July 31, 2015 1:00 pmFriday, July 31, 201595 Comments

The Obama administration’s central strategy against Apple…

Apple’s iOS encryption has ‘petrified’ the U.S. administration, governments around the world

Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:56 pmThursday, March 19, 201535 Comments

Stronger encryption in Apple’s iPhones has ‘petrified’ the U.S. government because…

The CIA campaign to steal Apple’s secrets

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 9:02 amThursday, June 4, 201542 Comments

Researchers working with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort…

Apple CEO Cook: Unlike some other companies, Apple won’t invade your right to privacy

Monday, March 2, 2015 2:56 pmMonday, March 2, 201512 Comments

Apple’s Tim Cook has been on tour…

Apple CEO Tim Cook advocates privacy, says terrorists should be ‘eliminated’

Friday, February 27, 2015 9:07 pm47 Comments

None of us should accept that the government or a company or anybody should have access to all of our private information…

New Snowden documents show how the Britain’s GCHQ tracked iPhone users

Sunday, January 18, 2015 1:17 pm8 Comments

Previous leaks have revealed specific NSA exploits used to compromise the famously malware-resistant iPhone….

New York prosecutor calls for law to fight Apple data encryption

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 2:58 pmWednesday, January 7, 201545 Comments

Federal and state governments should consider passing laws that forbid iPhones…

U.S. feds want Apple’s help to defeat encrypted phones, invoke 18th-century All Writs Act

Monday, December 1, 2014 12:00 pmMonday, December 1, 201437 Comments

Newly discovered court documents from two federal criminal cases in New York and California…

U.S. DOJ turns to 225-year-old law to force Apple, Google to unlock password-protected devices

Wednesday, November 26, 2014 12:58 pmWednesday, November 26, 2014103 Comments

Prosecutors last month persuaded a federal magistrate to order…

DOJ warns Apple: iPhone encryption will lead to a child dying

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:23 pmWednesday, November 19, 2014126 Comments

The No. 2 official at the Justice Department recently warned top Apple executives…

U.S. Senate blocks legislation on curbing NSA’s bulk data collection program

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:23 amWednesday, November 19, 201456 Comments

The Senate blocked legislation that would have limited the National Security Agency…

American citizens’ cellphones targeted in secret US government spy program

Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:52 pmFriday, November 14, 201450 Comments

The Justice Department is scooping up data from mobile phones through devices deployed on airplanes…

The U.S. NSA can still listen to your iPhone’s microphone when off; here’s the trick to beat it

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 2:48 pmTuesday, June 10, 201477 Comments

The NSA could technically listen in to the microphone of an iPhone…

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