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Apple’s new challenge: Learning how the U.S. cracked terrorist’s iPhone

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 11:00 pm18 Comments

Now that the United States government has cracked open an iPhone that belonged to a gunman in the San Bernardino Islamic terrorism attack…

Did the FBI just unleash a hacker army on Apple?

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 4:27 pmTuesday, March 29, 201619 Comments

In the end, the FBI didn’t need Apple’s help to extract information from a dead terrorist’s iPhone…

Apple declares victory in battle with FBI, but the war continues

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 2:55 pmTuesday, March 29, 201612 Comments

Apple has declared victory in its battle against the FBI, after the government announced…

Apple vows to increase security as FBI claims to break into terrorist’s iPhone

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:28 am15 Comments

Apple has vowed to increase the security of its products after the FBI bypassed the security…

U.S. government drops Apple case after claiming hack of terrorist’s iPhone

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:28 amTuesday, March 29, 20169 Comments

The U.S. said it has gained access to the data on the iPhone used by a terrorist and no longer needs Apple Inc.’s assistance…

FBI may be obligated to reveal how it got into terrorist’s iPhone

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:07 amTuesday, March 29, 20169 Comments

The FBI’s decision to abandon its effort to force Apple to help break into a terrorist’s handset marks a win for the company, but…

Apple responds to FBI: ‘This case should have never been brought’

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:39 am7 Comments

Apple believes deeply that people in the United States and around the world deserve data protection, security and privacy…

Official: Justice Department to withdraw legal action against Apple

Monday, March 28, 2016 6:14 pmMonday, March 28, 201637 Comments

The Justice Department is expected to withdraw from its legal action against Apple, as soon as today…

Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case

Monday, March 28, 2016 4:55 pmMonday, March 28, 201616 Comments

Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…

Now Apple is going to stop the U.S. government from getting into iCloud data, too

Monday, March 28, 2016 11:28 amMonday, March 28, 201610 Comments

Apple has announced its plans to transfer iCloud encryption key management to account holders…

FBI vs. Apple isn’t over; Fourth Amendment issues remain

Monday, March 28, 2016 10:57 amMonday, March 28, 20168 Comments

The FBI and Apple reached a cease-fire last week, but it can’t last…

Apple says it may not be needed to unlock New York drug dealer’s iPhone

Friday, March 25, 2016 4:55 pmFriday, March 25, 20163 Comments

Apple Inc. said it may not be needed to help unlock an iPhone connected to a drug case in New York…

To fight U.S. government overreach, Apple ditched secrecy for openness

Friday, March 25, 2016 4:14 pmFriday, March 25, 201610 Comments

Over the past few weeks, as the legal battle between the FBI and Apple unfolded…

Judge: Order to compel Apple to write ‘GovtOS’ has been ‘unenforceable’ all along

Thursday, March 24, 2016 8:25 amThursday, March 24, 201616 Comments

On Monday, less than 24 hours before the hearing was scheduled to start, the US government asked to cancel…

Why a future Apple-FBI case may go very differently

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 7:30 pm11 Comments

Although it fiercely opposes the FBI’s demand for help unlocking a San Bernardino shooter’s encrypted iPhone…

Zdziarski’s take on the FBI’s ‘alternative’ method

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:58 pmWednesday, March 23, 201610 Comments

FBI acknowledged today that there ‘appears’ to be an alternative way into Farook’s iPhone 5c…

FBI may be required to hand over Apple iPhone hacking secrets

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:28 pmWednesday, March 23, 201613 Comments

Any new method the bureau uses to hack into iPhones may be short-lived as it may be obligated to give Apple the details so the company can fix the security gap…

We asked every member of Congress with a computer science degree about Apple’s war with the FBI

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 2:01 pmWednesday, March 23, 20167 Comments

Just because Apple and the FBI avoided an historic showdown in court this week over a previously issued…

Apple won Round 1 vs. U.S. government overreach; what comes next?

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 12:55 pmWednesday, March 23, 20166 Comments

A showdown between Apple and the FBI over a dead terrorist’s iPhone took a surprise twist this week…

Steve Jobs’ former publicist: Apple got PR wrong in fight against U.S. government overreach

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 11:28 amWednesday, March 23, 201625 Comments

The publicist who helped Steve Jobs launch the first Macintosh in the 1980s says Apple failed to…

Ex-Apple CEO Sculley: FBI relying on hackers is fair

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 7:10 pmTuesday, March 22, 201612 Comments

Technology and social media companies recently joined Apple Inc. to fight the battle of will with the FBI…

Apple gets short-term win over Big Brother; issue deferred, not resolved

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:01 pmTuesday, March 22, 201613 Comments

Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated Tuesday court session where prosecutors and Apple lawyers…

FBI could be using these hacks to break into killer’s iPhone

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:55 amTuesday, March 22, 201614 Comments

There are a number of ways the FBI could be attempting to hack into the iPhone used by the San Bernardino killer…

FBI says it may have found method to unlock San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone

Monday, March 21, 2016 8:19 pmMonday, March 21, 201666 Comments

The Justice Department said on Monday that it might no longer need Apple’s assistance to help open an iPhone…

Countdown to doomsday: Apple, FBI face off in court Tuesday

Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:55 am30 Comments

If you’ve been reading the headlines about Apple’s fight with the FBI, you know it’s easy to assume…

Apple sees weakness in FBI’s last-minute hearing request

Friday, March 18, 2016 2:58 pmFriday, March 18, 201618 Comments

A last-minute request by the FBI to call witnesses to next week’s court hearing in the San Bernardino iPhone case…

The FBI has a big ulterior motive in its war against privacy and Apple’s encrypted iPhone

Friday, March 18, 2016 9:32 amFriday, March 18, 201638 Comments

When a public interest group wants to create new legal precedent, its first step is to find…

The law is clear: The FBI cannot make Apple rewrite iOS

Friday, March 18, 2016 9:00 amFriday, March 18, 201656 Comments

No gaps; no interpretive sunlight: this statute stops the government from doing what it wants to do to Apple…

Apple engineers, if ordered to unlock iPhone, might resist

Thursday, March 17, 2016 9:57 pmThursday, March 17, 201665 Comments

If the F.B.I. wins its court fight to force Apple’s help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may…

Apple’s Tim Cook on FBI fight: ‘No one’s going dark’

Thursday, March 17, 2016 3:56 pmThursday, March 17, 201619 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook makes his case for why his company doesn’t want to help the FBI unlock San Bernardino killer…

Harvard Law professor and former Obama special assistant dismisses FBI’s claims

Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:28 pmThursday, March 17, 201632 Comments

Harvard Law professor Susan Crawford and former special assistant to President Obama…

Inside Apple CEO Tim Cook’s fight against government overreach

Thursday, March 17, 2016 10:58 amThursday, March 17, 201616 Comments

We didn’t hear anything for a few days…

How the U.S. government’s War on Privacy provoked a backlash

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:25 pm28 Comments

The FBI’s underhand attempt to get a judge to order Apple to make iPhones less secure is largely backfiring…

How former lobbyist Tom Wheeler became the broadband industry’s worst nightmare

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:27 pmWednesday, March 16, 20168 Comments

There was widespread concern the new FCC chairman would push the interests of telecommunications companies…

Apple: ‘Government misunderstands the technology’ involved in demanding they decrypt an iPhone

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:29 amWednesday, March 16, 201618 Comments

Last week, the FBI had filed with the court, describing Apple’s court-borne resistance…

Apple: The FBI’s demand is unconstitutional

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:26 amWednesday, March 16, 201643 Comments

Apple shouldn’t have to comply with a search order for an iPhone used by one the San Bernardino, California…

Apple says U.S. ‘Founders would be appalled’ by DOJ order

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:28 amWednesday, March 16, 201638 Comments

Apple Inc. charged Tuesday that a court order forcing the tech giant to assist the federal government…

Donald Trump’s trade rhetoric splits GOP and makes traditional economists quake

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:15 pmTuesday, March 15, 201665 Comments

With his threats to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, rip up trade deals and force companies such as Apple…

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham finally talks to tech experts, switches side to Apple vs. FBI

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 3:29 pmTuesday, March 15, 201627 Comments

On February 18th, Senator Lindsey Graham had this to say about the FBI v. Apple court battle…

Automattic and WordPress.com stand with Apple to support digital security

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 2:55 pmTuesday, March 15, 20166 Comments

At Automattic, we’re very mindful of the trust our users place in us to keep their information private and secure…

Obama administration begins to realize it may have made a big time mistake going after Apple over iPhone encryption

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1:40 pmTuesday, March 15, 201676 Comments

Three years ago, reeling from Edward J. Snowden’s disclosure of the government’s vast surveillance programs…

Tech companies join Apple to fight back against government overreach, prep to expand encryption of user data

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:28 am12 Comments

Silicon Valley’s leading companies – including Facebook, Google and Snapchat – are working on their own increased privacy technology…

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