The filing represents Apple’s first official response since the judge’s order last week and builds upon arguments voiced by the company’s chief executive and supporters…
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Apple may use a First Amendment defense against FBI iPhone hack demand – and it just might work
pple’s lawyers indicated yesterday that they plan to use a First Amendment defense in the San Bernardino iPhone case…
FBI chief acknowledges Apple case may set privacy precedent
FBI Director James Comey said the government isn’t looking to send a message with a court order to compel Apple Inc…
Gruber: The next step in iPhone impregnability
Apple engineers have already begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible…
U.S. government sought data from 15 Apple devices in last four months
Court records released on Tuesday show the U.S. Justice Department has in the last four months sought court orders to force Apple…
In FBI vs. Apple, Judge Sheri Pym asks for technological details
The judge overseeing a U.S. government attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock an encrypted iPhone…
Apple said to be prepping iOS version that even it can’t hack
Apple engineers have begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone…
Apple CEO Tim Cook says iPhone-cracking software the ‘equivalent of cancer’
Cook said that the issue was not just about privacy, but also about the public’s safety…
Tim Cook to appear on ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir
ABC News announced via Twitter that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be speaking with David Muir…
Apple vs. FBI iPhone battle shows users remain the weakest link in security
While Apple and the FBI fight a high-stakes legal battle over a locked iPhone, the dispute also highlights…
Obama admin calls tech and entertainment firms to terrorism meeting
Obama administration officials will meet with executives of major technology and entertainment firms in Washington…
Apple vs. FBI: Who’s really winning in the court of public opinion?
One person whose wife was shot in the attack says, “I use Apple phones, so I want to keep my information confidential, keep my information private so it should not be accessed by anyone — not even law enforcement officers…”
How Apple could be punished for defying the U.S. government demand to hack iPhone
The fines and punishments that Apple could face by continuing to defy the FBI’s demand that it help unlock the iPhone are considerable…
Smattering of protesters gather to support Apple in iPhone fight against U.S. government
Concerned iPhone users and digital security supporters banded together on Tuesday…
Apple is losing the PR war with the U.S. government
Apple needs an upgrade – to its public relations strategy…
U.S. Representative Darrell Issa on Apple vs. FBI: Very scary when your government wants to know more about you
It’s time for Congress to define what, in this era, would be allowed and not allowed under the Fourth Amendment…
Apple: The U.S. Congress, not the courts, must decide iPhone access fight
Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone…
Apple’s fight with U.S. could speed development of devices impervious to government intrusion
The legal showdown between Apple Inc and U.S. law enforcement over encryption, no matter the outcome, will likely accelerate…
Apple to argue that FBI court order violates its free-speech rights
In Apple’s fight to knock down a court order requiring it to help FBI agents unlock a killer’s iPhone…
Apple, the U.S. government, and security
To lower the bar when it comes to defense is to give up one of the United States’ biggest strategic advantages…
‘Black Lives Matter’ protesters interrupt demonstration in support of Apple vs. U.S. feds
What was billed as a demonstration on the Mag Mile in support of Apple’s fight with the FBI turned into the latest protest…
Bill Gates waffles, doesn’t support the U.S. government or Apple in iPhone privacy fight
Bill Gates is not fully backing either the FBI or Apple…
Congressman Ted Lieu asks FBI to drop demand that Apple hack iPhones
Congressman Ted Lieu of California has asked the FBI to drop its legal attack on Apple…
In the fight to hack iPhones, the U.S. government has more to lose than Apple
It is a battle for public opinion almost as much as it is for the law…
Here are the 12 other cases where the U.S. government has demanded Apple help it hack into iPhones
All of theses cases involve the DOJ using the All Writs Act to demand extra assistance from Apple…
John McAfee blasts FBI for ‘illiterate’ order to create Apple iPhone backdoor
What frightens me even more about this is that a federal judge in America is so illiterate in cybersecurity that they would allow this order to go through…
Some family members of San Bernardino victims back U.S. government
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
iPhone users will rally at Apple stores worldwide Tuesday…
Bill Gates backs U.S. government’s iPhone hack request
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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?
The FBI screwed this up by directing the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health to reset Farook’s Apple ID password…
Public supports Apple in FBI fight, but U.S. feds dig in hoping to establish legal precedent
Apple Inc. appears to have the overwhelming backing of the public in fighting an judge’s order to break the security code…
Ex-NSA, ex-CIA chief Michael Hayden backs Apple on iPhone ‘backdoor’
Four-star general Michael Hayden says he opposes proposals to force Apple and other tech companies to install “backdoors” in digital devices…
Apple’s new lawyer, former U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush, calls iPhone-unlock order a ‘Pandora’s Box’
Apples’ new lawyer was the U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush…
Apple posts open letter: ‘Answers to your questions about Apple and security’
Why is Apple objecting to the U.S. government’s order?
