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Michael Chertoff: The U.S. government should abandon plans to mandate unrestricted side-loading of apps

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:30 am8 Comments

Chertoff says that the U.S. government should abandon any legislation to mandate unrestricted side-loading of apps due to security risks…

Woz: U.S. government ‘picked the lamest case you ever could’

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, March 8, 201611 Comments

Woz said that he sided with Apple in the FBI fight, first because he’s always been strong on human rights…

This is Tim Cook’s Apple: Clash over iPhone privacy redefines Steve Jobs’ company

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:56 amTuesday, March 8, 201616 Comments

Cook has been using the pulpit of Apple to emerge as one of the world’s most outspoken corporate executives on privacy and other social issues…

Lavabit: U.S. government overreach may drive U.S. companies offshore

Monday, March 7, 2016 2:28 pmMonday, March 7, 201619 Comments

Another amicus brief has been filed in support of Apple in its legal battle with the FBI over the measures…

The full list of who’s for Apple and who’s for U.S. government overreach

Monday, March 7, 2016 12:55 pmMonday, March 7, 20168 Comments

Sheri Pym, the U.S. magistrate who ordered Apple to help the FBI hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, has some reading to do…

Apple case exposes ongoing rift in Obama administration over encryption policy

Monday, March 7, 2016 11:30 amMonday, March 7, 201620 Comments

FBI Director James Comey and the DOJ have long tried and failed to convince other departments to join the broader battle against unbreakable encryption…

Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ looks at Apple vs. U.S. government

Sunday, March 6, 2016 4:19 pmSunday, March 6, 20164 Comments

Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ took aim at the subject of smartphone encryption and explained why…

Why Apple should hold firm against U.S. government overreach

Sunday, March 6, 2016 1:36 pm14 Comments

Personal privacy and doubts about law enforcement’s motives give Apple the better argument…

‘Dormant cyber pathogen’ San Bernardino DA Michael Ramos demands judge command Apple to help FBI decrypt iPhone

Saturday, March 5, 2016 8:42 am51 Comments

One day after the San Bernardino County district attorney said that an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters might contain…

Why even Apple’s mortal enemies are lining up to protest U.S. government overreach

Friday, March 4, 2016 4:26 pm42 Comments

More than two dozen technology companies said Thursday that they stand with Apple in its battle with the FBI…

Apple’s best defense against the FBI is the one it can’t share publicly

Friday, March 4, 2016 4:01 pmFriday, March 4, 201611 Comments

The US government lost the backdoor race long ago…

San Bernardino DA: Terrorist’s county-owned iPhone could contain ‘dormant cyber pathogen’ or something

Friday, March 4, 2016 10:46 am36 Comments

The iPhone at the center of the ongoing legal battle between Apple and the FBI may hold…

U.N. Human Rights Commissioner: U.S. government risks opening a Pandora’s Box in Apple iPhone case

Friday, March 4, 2016 9:14 amFriday, March 4, 201622 Comments

The top U.N. human rights official warned on Friday that U.S. officials risked opening a ‘Pandora’s Box’ in the case against Apple…

Former U.S. Homeland Security Chief: iPhone override would be software equivalent of biological weapon

Friday, March 4, 2016 8:25 amFriday, March 4, 201615 Comments

Forcing Apple to write an operating system so it can try to break into the iPhone used by a terrorist…

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