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Husband of San Bernardino terrorism victim backs Apple vs. U.S. government overreach

Thursday, March 3, 2016 3:28 pmThursday, March 3, 201620 Comments

The husband of a victim of the San Bernardino terror attack has backed Apple in its fight over the security of its iPhones…

Over 40 companies to back Apple vs. U.S. government overreach; beleaguered Samsung still thinking about it

Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:57 pm12 Comments

Apple and the FBI are set to start its court battle for the San Bernardino case in a couple of weeks, March 22nd…

Apple posts amicus briefs in support of Apple vs. U.S. government overreach

Thursday, March 3, 2016 10:16 amThursday, March 3, 20165 Comments

Apple today posted a listing of amicus briefs in support of Apple vs. U.S. government overreach…

U.S. Defense Secretary says strong encryption essential to national security, not a believer in back doors

Thursday, March 3, 2016 9:28 am12 Comments

Declaring that strong encryption is essential to the nation’s security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a tech industry audience…

Apple digs in for long fight against U.S. government overreach: ‘There is no middle ground’

Thursday, March 3, 2016 8:56 amThursday, March 3, 201612 Comments

Apple doesn’t work for the government…

ACLU, other privacy groups urge U.S. judge to support Apple vs. U.S. government in iPhone case

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 4:26 pmWednesday, March 2, 20167 Comments

Digital privacy advocates have called on a U.S. federal judge to approve Apple Inc’s request not to be compelled to build software to help the FBI unlock an iPhone…

Would you like that shoe broiled, poached, or fried, John McAfee? Because you don’t know how iPhones work

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 2:55 pmWednesday, March 2, 201620 Comments

Former antivirus developer and presidential wannabe John McAfee claimed a couple of weeks ago to have the perfect solution…

Mossberg: Apple’s iCloud loophole

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 2:01 pmWednesday, March 2, 201610 Comments

I stand with Apple in its dispute with the FBI over the demand for special passcode-cracking software…

Apple scored the knockout punch against FBI in House Judiciary Committee hearing

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 12:01 pmWednesday, March 2, 201645 Comments

Apple had argued all along that this issue was far too important to be settled in court on the basis of a single case…

U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa: The FBI should try to unlock shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 11:00 amWednesday, March 2, 201617 Comments

The FBI might be able to copy the hard drive of an iPhone used by a mass shooter without triggering the device’s auto-erase functions…

Within an hour of Malaysia Flight 370 disappearing, Apple was working with officials to locate it

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 10:28 amWednesday, March 2, 20165 Comments

Apple has been in Washington D.C. today testifying before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the San Bernardino case…

John McAfee reveals how the FBI can unlock an iPhone in 30 minutes

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 10:01 amWednesday, March 2, 201631 Comments

John McAfee, the anti-virus program pioneer and gadfly U.S. presidential candidate, claimed that unlocking the Apple iPhone…

Can the FBI force a company to break into its own products? No, says U.S. Magistrate

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 8:34 amWednesday, March 2, 20166 Comments

Can the FBI force a company like Apple to extract data from a customer’s smartphone?

FBI Director Comey now claims ‘mistake made’ in changing San Bernadino terrorist’s Apple ID password

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 5:27 pmTuesday, March 1, 201640 Comments

FBI Director James Comey now claims ‘there was a mistake made’ when the agency directed…

Some family members of San Bernardino victims back U.S. government

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:04 amTuesday, February 23, 201613 Comments

Those who wrongheadedly agree with these disingenuous government hacks need to realize that they are working to deliver exactly what the terrorists wanted to achieve with their murderous rampage…

Apple supporters to rally worldwide today against U.S. government demand to unlock iPhone

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 9:39 amTuesday, February 23, 201610 Comments

iPhone users will rally at Apple stores worldwide Tuesday…

Bill Gates backs U.S. government’s iPhone hack request

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:55 amTuesday, February 23, 201636 Comments

Bill Gates has broken ranks with Silicon Valley in the stand-off between Apple and the US government…

U.S. government seeks to force Apple to extract data from a dozen more iPhones

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:30 amTuesday, February 23, 201617 Comments

The Justice Department is pursuing court orders to force Apple Inc. to help investigators extract data from iPhones…

Apple CEO Cook: They’d have to cart us out in a box before we’d create a backdoor

Monday, February 22, 2016 9:54 pmMonday, February 22, 201650 Comments

Mr. Cook came to believe that privacy is a basic human right that Apple needs to support…

Rush Limbaugh: How the U.S. government bungled the handling of the San Bernardino iPhone

Monday, February 22, 2016 5:25 pmMonday, February 22, 201658 Comments

I’ve had people over the weekend sending me questions, comments, about this argument between Apple and the FBI, and what it means for the terrorist’s phone.

Security experts: The FBI’s iPhone-unlocking demand of Apple is risky

Monday, February 22, 2016 4:50 pmMonday, February 22, 201612 Comments

Although they want to compel assistance from Apple to unlock a phone used by San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Farook…

Pew survey: More than half of Americans think Apple should comply with FBI

Monday, February 22, 2016 3:13 pmMonday, February 22, 201651 Comments

As the standoff between the Department of Justice and Apple Inc. continues over an iPhone…

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg backs Apple versus U.S. government in iPhone security dispute

Monday, February 22, 2016 2:49 pm2 Comments

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that he supports Apple’s position in its fight with the U.S. government…

Tim Cook’s memo to Apple employees: ‘This case is about more than a single phone’

Monday, February 22, 2016 1:58 pmMonday, February 22, 201610 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out again in his fight to protect his customers’ privacy…

Snowden: FBI could hack San Bernardino iPhone without Apple’s involvement

Monday, February 22, 2016 12:59 pmMonday, February 22, 201613 Comments

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden spoke of one technique in particular that he said could be used to hack the iPhone…

Why did the FBI direct the San Bernardino Health Department to reset Syed Farook’s Apple ID?

Monday, February 22, 2016 12:00 pmMonday, February 22, 201632 Comments

The FBI screwed this up by directing the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health to reset Farook’s Apple ID password…

Apple vs. the U.S. government: Who elected Tim Cook?

Sunday, February 21, 2016 11:39 amMonday, February 22, 201677 Comments

We didn’t elect Tim Cook to protect privacy, but…

Apple could easily lock rights-trampling governments out of future iPhones

Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:36 amSaturday, February 20, 201630 Comments

Apple’s legal showdown with the federal government over the security of iPhones likely won’t be settled for many months, or even years if the case goes all the way to the Supreme Court…

Prediction: Apple will cave to U.S. government demand to crack open iPhone, Donald Trump will get the credit

Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:23 amSaturday, February 20, 201651 Comments

Public opinion seems split on the issue of whether Apple should comply with the FBI…

Apple: Terrorist’s Apple ID password changed in government custody, blocking access

Friday, February 19, 2016 11:18 pm48 Comments

The Apple ID password linked to the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists was changed less…

Petition asks Obama administration to stop demanding Apple create iPhone backdoor

Friday, February 19, 2016 11:03 pmFriday, February 19, 201616 Comments

A petition to the Obama administration has been launched that asks the government to halt efforts that compel Apple…

Newspaper editorials back Apple over U.S. government 8 to 1

Friday, February 19, 2016 5:32 pm35 Comments

Support for Apple in its showdown with the FBI was slow coming in Silicon Valley, but…

Apple likely to invoke First Amendment free-speech rights in fight against U.S. government backdoor demands

Friday, February 19, 2016 4:53 pmFriday, February 19, 201627 Comments

Apple will likely seek to invoke the United States’ protections of free speech as one of its key legal arguments…

Donald Trump calls for Apple boycott over San Bernardino terrorist iPhone encryption

Friday, February 19, 2016 4:05 pmFriday, February 19, 201675 Comments

Donald Trump called on Friday for a boycott of Apple Inc products until the tech giant agrees to U.S. government demands…

UK’s Orwellian ‘Investigatory Powers Bill’ seeks to track every Brit’s online activity

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 8:55 amTuesday, February 9, 201617 Comments

A planned British law to give spies and the police wide-ranging new surveillance powers…

Wikipedia founder: Apple should stop selling iPhones in the UK if ‘stupid’ new law banning Apple encryption is enacted

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 8:55 amWednesday, November 4, 201538 Comments

Apple should stop selling its popular iPhone line in the UK if a new law banning fully encrypted communications is passed…

Why the next Apple Watch will be round, not square, or something

Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:56 amSunday, September 27, 201541 Comments

This week Pebble announced the launch of a new face in its smartwatch lineup…

Apple resuscitates the iPod in software play

Thursday, July 16, 2015 3:09 pm23 Comments

It hasn’t happened since 2012, but Apple Inc. did something unusual on Wednesday…

Shark Tank’s O’Leary: Apple Music is a ‘giant nothing burger’

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 5:22 pm46 Comments

This is not going to be material while I’m alive…

Real Nintendo games on your Apple iPhone or iPad? Nope.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 2:26 pm15 Comments

I’ve loved its games ever since the original Donkey Kong, but…

Analyst: ‘Apple joining Dow is extremely bad for Apple’

Friday, March 6, 2015 3:28 pmFriday, March 6, 201526 Comments

Joining Dow takes the shine off the Apple and makes it a rotten Apple…

Sony debuts painfully dorktastic $840 SmartEyeglasses

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 4:40 pmWednesday, February 18, 201556 Comments

This is a real promotional video for a real product…

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