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Apple digs in for long fight against U.S. government overreach: ‘There is no middle ground’

Thursday, March 3, 2016 8:56 amThursday, March 3, 201612 Comments

Apple doesn’t work for the government…

ACLU, other privacy groups urge U.S. judge to support Apple vs. U.S. government in iPhone case

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 4:26 pmWednesday, March 2, 20167 Comments

Digital privacy advocates have called on a U.S. federal judge to approve Apple Inc’s request not to be compelled to build software to help the FBI unlock an iPhone…

Would you like that shoe broiled, poached, or fried, John McAfee? Because you don’t know how iPhones work

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 2:55 pmWednesday, March 2, 201620 Comments

Former antivirus developer and presidential wannabe John McAfee claimed a couple of weeks ago to have the perfect solution…

Mossberg: Apple’s iCloud loophole

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 2:01 pmWednesday, March 2, 201610 Comments

I stand with Apple in its dispute with the FBI over the demand for special passcode-cracking software…

Apple scored the knockout punch against FBI in House Judiciary Committee hearing

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 12:01 pmWednesday, March 2, 201645 Comments

Apple had argued all along that this issue was far too important to be settled in court on the basis of a single case…

U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa: The FBI should try to unlock shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 11:00 amWednesday, March 2, 201617 Comments

The FBI might be able to copy the hard drive of an iPhone used by a mass shooter without triggering the device’s auto-erase functions…

Within an hour of Malaysia Flight 370 disappearing, Apple was working with officials to locate it

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 10:28 amWednesday, March 2, 20165 Comments

Apple has been in Washington D.C. today testifying before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the San Bernardino case…

John McAfee reveals how the FBI can unlock an iPhone in 30 minutes

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 10:01 amWednesday, March 2, 201631 Comments

John McAfee, the anti-virus program pioneer and gadfly U.S. presidential candidate, claimed that unlocking the Apple iPhone…

Can the FBI force a company to break into its own products? No, says U.S. Magistrate

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 8:34 amWednesday, March 2, 20166 Comments

Can the FBI force a company like Apple to extract data from a customer’s smartphone?

FBI Director Comey now claims ‘mistake made’ in changing San Bernadino terrorist’s Apple ID password

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 5:27 pmTuesday, March 1, 201640 Comments

FBI Director James Comey now claims ‘there was a mistake made’ when the agency directed…

U.S. Congress likely to side with Apple vs. FBI in iPhone unlocking fight

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 3:29 pm15 Comments

In the days after the attacks of Sept. 11, law enforcement and national security agencies brought Congress a lengthy list…

Turing Award winners advocate for encryption; back Apple vs. U.S. government overreach

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 3:01 pmTuesday, March 1, 20165 Comments

This year’s $1 million A.M. Turing Award goes to a pair of cryptographers whose ideas helped make Internet commerce possible…

Mark Cuban: Why Apple must win vs. the FBI; in the United States of America, we have rights

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 2:29 pmTuesday, March 1, 201611 Comments

In the event Apple loses the current case to the FBI, setting a precedent that they can be compelled to unlock phones for the FBI and other government agencies, each and every…

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch plays disinformation card in iPhone unlocking fight

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 1:48 pmTuesday, March 1, 201621 Comments

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch hopes Apple will finally see the light and comply with a Federal Court order to create a passcode hackable version of the iPhone operating system…

The FBI’s case against Apple got kneecapped in Brooklyn: The judges rebuke couldn’t have been stronger

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 11:27 amTuesday, March 1, 201619 Comments

Using the word ‘tyranny’ once and ‘absurd’ nine times, Judge Orenstein accused the DOJ of trying to…

How to watch Apple’s U.S. Congressional hearing

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 10:21 am10 Comments

The House Judiciary Committee will be hosting its first hearing on Tuesday on the tech giant’s refusal to cooperate in opening of the encrypted iPhone…

Verizon CEO McAdam supports strong encryption; Apple vs. FBI should be addressed by U.S. Congress

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 9:30 amTuesday, March 1, 201615 Comments

We support the availability of strong encryption with no “back doors” that would enable government access to private information, which we believe would degrade security and privacy for millions of users…

House Judiciary Committee members consider legal brief in support of Apple vs. U.S. government

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 8:58 amTuesday, March 1, 20166 Comments

Members of the House Judiciary Committee are considering filing a ‘friend of the court’ brief in Apple Inc’s encryption dispute with the U.S. government…

Apple will tell Congress that strong encryption protects against terrorists

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 8:28 amTuesday, March 1, 20166 Comments

Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell plans to tell Congress on Tuesday that strong encryption in iPhones protects users…

U.S. Magistrate Judge: The U.S. government cannot force Apple to unlock an iPhone in New York drug case

Monday, February 29, 2016 11:06 pmTuesday, March 1, 201618 Comments

The U.S. government cannot force Apple Inc. to unlock an iPhone in a New York drug case, a federal judge ruled…

Warren Buffett says ‘privacy has its limits’ in Apple vs. U.S. government case

Monday, February 29, 2016 5:35 pmMonday, February 29, 201617 Comments

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

Monday, February 29, 2016 3:58 pm24 Comments

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

Monday, February 29, 2016 3:29 pmMonday, February 29, 20167 Comments

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

Monday, February 29, 2016 2:56 pmMonday, February 29, 201635 Comments

Timothy D. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, was relentless during a private meeting

Proposed law would allow France to fine Apple €1 million unless it hacks iPhones

Monday, February 29, 2016 2:32 pmMonday, February 29, 201626 Comments

“On Monday, French Socialist MP Yann Galut proposed an amendment to French law that…

Apple CEO Tim Cook can probably defy the US government all he wants and not go to jail

Monday, February 29, 2016 10:38 am22 Comments

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

Monday, February 29, 2016 10:00 amMonday, February 29, 201612 Comments

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

Sunday, February 28, 2016 6:05 pm15 Comments

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

Sunday, February 28, 2016 1:20 pm21 Comments

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

Sunday, February 28, 2016 12:51 pm14 Comments

The FBI wants Apple’s help breaking into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters…

Apple’s shareholders, Jesse Jackson praise CEO Cook for stance against U.S. government

Friday, February 26, 2016 6:02 pmSaturday, February 27, 201634 Comments

Jesse Jackson, thanked Apple CEO Tim Cook for the company’s efforts to fight a court order that would force Apple to aid the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

PayPal co-founder on why he’s changed his mind on Apple-FBI fight

Friday, February 26, 2016 5:02 pm15 Comments

Over the course of the ongoing battle between Apple and the government over unlocking the iPhone…

Apple’s Cook is second most favorable tech CEO in poll of registered voters

Friday, February 26, 2016 4:18 pmFriday, February 26, 201619 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook has the second-highest approval rating of tech leaders, according to a new Morning Consult poll…

Apple privacy battle with Washington looms as watershed moment

Friday, February 26, 2016 2:01 pmFriday, February 26, 20165 Comments

Apple’s fight has exposed an unresolved tension between the law and digital technology that has been building towards this flashpoint for decades…

Apple’s lawyer: If we lose, it will lead to a ‘police state’

Friday, February 26, 2016 1:00 pm57 Comments

Apple’s attorney painted a scary picture if Apple loses its fight with the FBI…

Apple: The law already exists that protects us from U.S. government demands to hack iPhone

Friday, February 26, 2016 10:45 amFriday, February 26, 201622 Comments

The U.S. Congress has already decided not to require electronic communication service providers, like Apple, to do what the government seeks…

While Apple defies U.S. government, just how accommodating are they to Chinese authorities?

Friday, February 26, 2016 10:16 amFriday, February 26, 201612 Comments

Apple Inc. has come out swinging in its pitched battle with the government on its home turf…

In Republican debate, candidates back U.S. government over Apple

Friday, February 26, 2016 9:41 amFriday, February 26, 201662 Comments

During Thursday’s GOP debate, CNN’s Dana Bash asked about the court order the FBI recently obtained demanding that Apple help the government hack into an iPhone…

Ten engineers and a month of work – that’s what it would take for Apple to comply with FBI demand to hack iPhone

Friday, February 26, 2016 9:06 amFriday, February 26, 201631 Comments

Ten engineers and a month of work — that’s what it could take for Apple Inc. to write the program…

Apple and the FBI will face off at a U.S. Congressional hearing on March 1st

Friday, February 26, 2016 8:25 amFriday, February 26, 20164 Comments

Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell will argue Apple’s encryption case in front of the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee…

Google, Facebook, Twitter, EFF, ACLU, others to file unsolicited amicus brief on behalf of Apple against FBI demand

Thursday, February 25, 2016 6:15 pm26 Comments

Tech giants are gathering in Apple’s corner over the Silicon Valley giant’s battle with the federal government…

Microsoft ‘wholeheartedly’ backs Apple’s refusal to assist U.S government in unlocking iPhone

Thursday, February 25, 2016 5:14 pm17 Comments

Make no mistake about who Microsoft sides with in the case of Apple versus FBI…

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