Apple Inc opposed a court ruling on Tuesday that ordered it to help the FBI break into an iPhone…
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Apple wants judge to rule if it can be forced to unlock defendant’s iPhone
Apple has requested a court in New York to rule finally whether it can be compelled to assist investigators…
U.S. House lawmakers seek to outlaw states from banning encrypted iPhones
U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers will introduce bipartisan legislation on Wednesday that would prohibit states…
Apple presses U.S. Supreme Court to take up appeal, overturn ebooks verdict
Apple is pulling out all the stops in its bid to overturn a ruling that it fixed ebook prices…
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends privacy, encryption amidst terrorist concerns
Apple CEO Tim Cook staunchly defended personal privacy and the use of encryption on iPhones…
Piggybacked U.S. cybersecurity bill may rile Apple Inc.
The cybersecurity proposal shields companies that voluntarily share threat data with the U.S. government…
Obama administration wants access to smartphones
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
In the face of a Federal Bureau of Investigation proposal requesting backdoors into encrypted communications…
In amicus brief, Authors Guild, ABA, B&N back Apple; urge U.S. Supreme Court to overturn ebooks verdict
In an amicus brief filed on December 2, a coalition of authors groups and booksellers urged the Supreme Court to overturn…
Apple CEO Cook: ‘You can’t have a back door that’s only for the good guys’
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
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
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
The bill unveiled by the UK on Wednesday does not ban companies from offering strong encryption…
Why Apple thinks they can win their e-book antitrust case at the Supreme Court
The petition is admirably lucid and almost Jobsian in its simplicity….
Apple can’t – and won’t – decrypt your iPhone: Why it matters
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
Jun Feng, a defendant in a criminal case, has entered a guilty plea, removing pressure from a New York court…
Why Apple took its ebook antitrust battle to the U.S. Supreme Court
When Apple launched the iBooks Store in 2010, we brought choice to consumers and innovation to ebooks…
Apple asks U.S. Supreme Court to toss e-books antitrust decision
Apple Inc has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that found…
Judge compares government request for Apple to access users’ iPhone data to execution order
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
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
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
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
Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday…
U.S. federal puppet Denise Cote says Apple e-books antitrust monitor’s term to end
A U.S. judge on Tuesday agreed to not extend the term of a court-appointed monitor assigned…
U.S. DOJ says Apple e-books antitrust monitor no longer necessary
The Justice Department in a letter filed late Monday in Manhattan federal court said its recommendation…
With Apple court order, activist federal judge seeks to fuel debate about data encryption
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
A federal magistrate in Brooklyn is temporarily refusing to order Apple to disable security on a device seized by the U.S. government…
Apple is its ‘own worst enemy,’ U.S. antitrust monitor Bromwich claims
In his report, Bronwich whines that Apple has persisted in raising objections to his requests for information…
Why Apple is taking the e-book case to the U.S. Supreme Court
Antitrust law is murky mess, encrusted with ambiguities and contradictions that have grown like barnacles…
Apple refused to give iMessages to the U.S. government
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
Last September, Apple and Google, whose operating systems…
Edward Snowden explains why Apple should continue to fight the government on encryption
As the Obama administration campaign to stop Apple…
Obama administration war against Apple just got uglier
The Obama administration’s central strategy against Apple…
Apple’s e-books case should appeal to U.S. Supreme Court’s pro-business, conservative majority
On Tuesday, a panel of judges from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals…
WSJ: U.S. Supreme Court should strike down the risible antitrust campaign against Apple
Apple is likely to appeal to the Supreme Court, which should take the case because…
Apple is headed to the Supreme Court over e-book antitrust case?
The two competing theories of law that ran through Apple’s e-book antitrust case…
Apple loses appeal in e-book price-fixing case
A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said Apple Inc. orchestrated a conspiracy…
EU opens formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book business
The European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s…
Court rejects Apple’s bid to rid itself of corporate monitor Bromwich
A federal appeals court has rejected Apple Inc.’s efforts to rid itself…
Court-appointed monitor Bromwich whines to U.S. Federal Puppet Cote: Apple’s cooperation has ‘sharply declined’
Michael Bromwich complained to to U.S. Federal Puppet Denise Cote…
Apple’s iOS encryption has ‘petrified’ the U.S. administration, governments around the world
Stronger encryption in Apple’s iPhones has ‘petrified’ the U.S. government because…
Federal appeals court scoffs at U.S. DOJ, Federal Puppet Denise Cote, and Apple’s ‘antitrust monitor’ Bromwich
The Justice Department’s antitrust campaign is going about as well as the Russian winter did for Napoleon
