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Fired FBI director James Comey reveals how Apple’s encryption efforts drove him crazy
Fired FBI director James Comey writes about President Trump while also addressing other aspects of his career…
Apple CEO Cook tweets condolences for victims of Islamic terrorist attack in New York City
Tuesday’s attack in New York has accentuated the growing threat presented by jihadi-inspired terrorism…
Apple CEO Cook tweets condolences for victims of Islamic terrorist attack in Barcelona
Apple CEO Tim cook has tweeted, in Spanish, condolences after the latest Islamic terrorist attack in Europe…
iCloud changes put Apple on collision course with overreaching governments
Apple has consistently argued against laws that would require tech companies to build so-called ‘back doors’ into their software…
Apple flies in top executives to lobby Australia’s Turnbull government on encryption laws
Apple’s top privacy executives have flown out to Australia twice in the past month…
Apple meeting with Australian government to discuss proposed encryption ‘back doors’
Attorney-General George Brandis will meet with global tech-giant Apple this week…
Apple CEO Cook adds to litany of condolence tweets for victims of Islamic terrorism
Following the latest Islamic terrorist attacks in London that left at least 7 dead…
President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey who called for iPhone backdoor
President Trump has fired the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey…
After U.S. gov’t refuses to declassify sum paid for FBI’s San Bernardino iPhone hack, Senator Dianne Feinstein inadvertently reveals it
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone…
WikiLeaks says CIA disguised agency hacking as Russian activity
WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise…
FBI’s James Comey: ‘There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America’
All of us have a reasonable expectation of privacy in our homes, in our cars, and in our devices. But…
News organizations ask judge to force FBI to reveal how much it paid to unlock San Bernadino Islamic terrorist’s iPhone
Last year, the battle between Apple and the FBI dominated headlines…
Proving Apple’s assertion that there are no good backdoors, hacker dumps iOS cracking tools allegedly stolen from Cellebrite
The hacker responsible has publicly released a cache of files allegedly stolen from Cellebrite…
A hacker just proved that Apple was right to worry about creating a backdoor to the iPhone
Last year, when the F.B.I procured a court order forcing Apple to unlock an iPhone belonging…
What Apple got right but Amazon is getting wrong
Law and technology frequently operate at cross purposes….
FBI wants to get into locked Apple iPhone of Minnesota Islamic terrorist Dahir Adan
When the FBI asked a court to force Apple to help crack the encrypted iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter…
Stocks edge higher in cautious trading after Islamic terrorist attacks in Brussels
Stocks edged higher by mid-afternoon Tuesday, though trading remained unpredictable…
ISIS uses satellite internet to recruit terrorists; companies could immediately cut off ISIS Internet access with ease
No terror organization uses the Internet as successfully when it comes to marketing itself…
Mark Cuban: Apple should ban Twitter from the App Store
Mark Cuban wants Apple to boot Twitter from its app store until Twitter…
Donald Trump: To stop ISIS recruiting, maybe we should be talking to Bill Gates about ‘closing that Internet up in some way’
The idea actually sounds similar to Hillary Clinton’s…
Hillary Clinton: We need to put Silicon Valley tech firms to ‘work at disrupting ISIS’
“You are going to hear all the familiar complaints: ‘freedom of speech,'” Mrs. Clinton said…
Hackers vs. Terrorists: ISIS calls Anonymous ‘idiots’ for declaring war
The hacker collective that goes by the name ‘Anonymous’ recently posted a video on YouTube declaring war on ISIS…
Anonymous hacktivists hammer ISIS terrorist network
ISIS is a virus that Anonymous plans to cure; so far the hacktivist group…
Google and Softcard tie-up benefits versus Apple Pay are overstated
Google Wallet is awkward to use. To the cashier, it looked like I was some jerk holding up the line…
Google in talks to scrape up beleaguered Apple Pay roadkill Softcard (née Isis)
Beleaguered Apple Pay wannabe Softcard earlier this month laid off about 60 employees…
Simple passwords led to U.S. CENTCOM Twitter hack
The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US Central Command…
Charlie Hebdo: ‘Je Suis Charlie’ iPhone app personally approved by Apple CEO Tim Cook
The submission to the App Store was accompanied by an email…
‘ISIS’ hacks U.S. military social media accounts
Hackers claiming allegiance to the Islamic State took control of the social media accounts…
Anonymous declares cyberwar against Islamic terrorists over Charlie Hebdo attack
Anonymous declared war on Islamic extremists Friday and promised to take revenge…
Verizon Wireless blocks ‘Google Wallet’ mobile-payment system over security concerns
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, blocked Google Inc.’s competing mobile-payment system…
