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FBI vs. Apple isn’t over; Fourth Amendment issues remain

Monday, March 28, 2016 10:57 amMonday, March 28, 20168 Comments

The FBI and Apple reached a cease-fire last week, but it can’t last…

Apple says it may not be needed to unlock New York drug dealer’s iPhone

Friday, March 25, 2016 4:55 pmFriday, March 25, 20163 Comments

Apple Inc. said it may not be needed to help unlock an iPhone connected to a drug case in New York…

U.S. Congress likely to side with Apple vs. FBI in iPhone unlocking fight

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 3:29 pm15 Comments

In the days after the attacks of Sept. 11, law enforcement and national security agencies brought Congress a lengthy list…

The FBI’s case against Apple got kneecapped in Brooklyn: The judges rebuke couldn’t have been stronger

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 11:27 amTuesday, March 1, 201619 Comments

Using the word ‘tyranny’ once and ‘absurd’ nine times, Judge Orenstein accused the DOJ of trying to…

U.S. Magistrate Judge: The U.S. government cannot force Apple to unlock an iPhone in New York drug case

Monday, February 29, 2016 11:06 pmTuesday, March 1, 201618 Comments

The U.S. government cannot force Apple Inc. to unlock an iPhone in a New York drug case, a federal judge ruled…

Apple wants judge to rule if it can be forced to unlock defendant’s iPhone

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 6:08 pmTuesday, February 16, 201617 Comments

Apple has requested a court in New York to rule finally whether it can be compelled to assist investigators…

Apple CEO Tim Cook defends privacy, encryption amidst terrorist concerns

Friday, December 18, 2015 3:58 pmFriday, December 18, 20159 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook staunchly defended personal privacy and the use of encryption on iPhones…

Piggybacked U.S. cybersecurity bill may rile Apple Inc.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 6:38 pm34 Comments

The cybersecurity proposal shields companies that voluntarily share threat data with the U.S. government…

Obama administration wants access to smartphones

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 8:58 amTuesday, December 15, 201535 Comments

A civil-liberties advocate called the Obama administration one of the worst for privacy protections…

Obama administration’s calls for backdoors into encrypted communications echo Clinton-era key escrow fiasco

Monday, December 14, 2015 4:51 pmWednesday, February 26, 202040 Comments

In the face of a Federal Bureau of Investigation proposal requesting backdoors into encrypted communications…

Apple CEO Cook: ‘You can’t have a back door that’s only for the good guys’

Saturday, November 21, 2015 9:24 pm71 Comments

There’s a burning debate – bordering on a battle – between the U.S. government and technology companies over encryption…

Edward Snowden and spread of encryption blamed after Paris terror attacks

Saturday, November 14, 2015 3:19 pm142 Comments

As Paris reels from terror attacks that claimed at least 128 lives, fierce blame for the attack is being directed toward…

Privacy advocates alarmed as UK unveils laws proposing power to spy on Web use

Thursday, November 5, 2015 1:35 pm23 Comments

Britain unveiled plans on Wednesday for sweeping new surveillance powers, including the right to find out which websites people visit…

Do not let the government snoops weaken encryption

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 2:29 pmWednesday, November 4, 201520 Comments

The bill unveiled by the UK on Wednesday does not ban companies from offering strong encryption…

Apple can’t – and won’t – decrypt your iPhone: Why it matters

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 11:17 am7 Comments

Governments use a variety of means — sometimes de facto or later found to be illegal or unconstitutional in the country in which it’s occurring…

Government pressure for Apple to bypass encryption reduced as iPhone owner enters guilty plea

Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:56 am26 Comments

Jun Feng, a defendant in a criminal case, has entered a guilty plea, removing pressure from a New York court…

Judge compares government request for Apple to access users’ iPhone data to execution order

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 3:58 pmTuesday, October 27, 201511 Comments

Ordering Apple to access data against its will would be akin to making a reluctant drug company carry out a lethal injection…

U.S. judge expresses doubts over forcing Apple to unlock iPhone

Monday, October 26, 2015 3:58 pmMonday, October 26, 201518 Comments

U.S. judge on Monday expressed strong doubts that he had the legal authority to order Apple Inc…

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…

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