Affirm Inc., a startup from PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, is going after millennials with a new kind of credit card alternative…
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Apple will tell Congress that strong encryption protects against terrorists
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell plans to tell Congress on Tuesday that strong encryption in iPhones protects users…
Warren Buffett says ‘privacy has its limits’ in Apple vs. U.S. government case
Billionaire Warren Buffett declined to take sides in Apple’s tussle with the FBI over an iPhone related…
Manhattan D.A. claims Apple is crippling investigations across the country
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance wrote in prepared testimony set to be delivered at a House Judiciary Committee hearing…
Apple’s top lawyer: U.S. government order weakens security for all iPhones
The FBI’s effort to force Apple to help unlock one of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhones would weaken security for all devices…
Apple CEO Cook decried Obama’s ‘lack of leadership’ on encryption during a closed-door meeting last month
Timothy D. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, was relentless during a private meeting
Apple CEO Tim Cook can probably defy the US government all he wants and not go to jail
Does Apple CEO Tim Cook risk going to jail by opposing the US government request for help hacking into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone?
Apple CEO Cook picks up where Snowden left off in privacy debate
Edward Snowden stoked the debate over mass government surveillance. Tim Cook may be the one to rein it in…
Obama administration set to expand sharing of data that N.S.A. intercepts
The Obama administration is on the verge of permitting the National Security Agency to share more of the private communications it intercepts…
If Apple loses, your home could be the next thing that’s unlocked: Access to your security cameras would be just a judge order away
In a recent interview about Apple’s ongoing legal battle with the Department of Justice, Tim Cook said…
The Apple vs. FBI fight is about something more basic than software and laws
The FBI wants Apple’s help breaking into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters…
PayPal co-founder on why he’s changed his mind on Apple-FBI fight
Over the course of the ongoing battle between Apple and the government over unlocking the iPhone…