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The law is clear: The FBI cannot make Apple rewrite iOS
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
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’
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
Harvard Law professor Susan Crawford and former special assistant to President Obama…
Inside Apple CEO Tim Cook’s fight against government overreach
We didn’t hear anything for a few days…
How the U.S. government’s War on Privacy provoked a backlash
The FBI’s underhand attempt to get a judge to order Apple to make iPhones less secure is largely backfiring…
Apple: ‘Government misunderstands the technology’ involved in demanding they decrypt an iPhone
Last week, the FBI had filed with the court, describing Apple’s court-borne resistance…
Apple: The FBI’s demand is unconstitutional
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
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
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
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
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
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
Silicon Valley’s leading companies – including Facebook, Google and Snapchat – are working on their own increased privacy technology…
How Apple realized it was at war with the FBI: The DOJ was poised to launch PR campaign designed to pull the public’s heartstrings
It took just a few hours for the Justice Dept. to gauge how its legal action against Apple would be perceived by the public…
Apple’s fight against U.S. government overreach could escalate with demand for ‘source code’
The latest filing in the legal war between the planet’s most powerful government and its most valuable company…
Richard Clarke: U.S. government more interested in setting legal precedent than solving the problem of one iPhone
NPR’s David Greene talks to the former senior counterterrorism official in the U.S. government, Richard Clarke, about the fight between Apple and the FBI….
Apple counsel: U.S. DOJ ‘got a little bit carried away’ with encryption rhetoric
Apple will shortly respond to the government on why the Justice Department arguments are wrong and “would have terrible consequences” for national security and citizens…
After Apple, Obama administration’s War on Privacy targets Facebook’s WhatsApp
A court fight with WhatsApp, the world’s largest mobile messaging service, would open a new front in the Obama administration’s war on privacy…
FBI could demand Apple source code and keys if iPhone backdoor too ‘burdensome’
The FBI could demand that Apple turns over its source code and private key to the iPhone’s operating system…
Obama criticized for ‘tone deaf’ comments at SXSW regarding Apple’s fight against government overreach
Obama’s rant on encryption is a detriment to privacy…
The U.S. government’s fight with Apple could backfire big time
Ever since a court ordered Apple to provide the FBI access to an iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters…
John Oliver just smartly explained Apple’s fight against U.S. government overreach
This is not simple. It’s a hugely complicated story with massive implications…
U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa at SXSW: ‘Hold your iPhone a little bit higher, so the FBI can hear us better’
The outspoken Republican Congressman from California, whose background is steeped in the tech industry…
Why Apple is right to resist U.S. government overreach
The FBI wants Apple to do something no private company has ever been forced to do…
Florida sheriff threatens to arrest Tim Cook if Apple resists encryption cooperation
A Florida county sheriff has threatened to arrest Apple CEO Tim Cook…
Obama pushes for iPhone back door; Congressman Issa blasts Obama’s ‘fundamental lack of understanding’
Obama sided with law enforcement Friday in the debate pitting encryption and personal privacy versus U.S. government overreach…
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch backs U.S. government overreach on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
As the iPhone unlocking case becomes more heated, United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch went on late night television…
Want to see what the future holds if Apple loses? Look no further than Microsoft
If you want to see what a world with built-in backdoors looks like should congress rule on the side of the FBI…
Donald Trump seems to have given up his Apple boycott
Three weeks ago, Donald Trump announced an impromptu boycott of Apple products…
Former CIA Director: FBI wants to dictate iPhone’s operating system
The FBI’s attempts to force Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists…
Why the government is citing Aaron Burr in its fight against Apple
The government is citing an 1807 case involving Aaron Burr in its court battle to compel Apple to write software…
FBI warns it could demand Apple’s iPhone code and secret electronic signature
The FBI on Thursday threatened to raise the stakes in its legal battle with Apple…
Apple’s privacy fight could be even worse in Europe
Throughout its fight with the FBI over unlocking iPhones, Apple has said that lawmakers, not courts…
France clears bill that could force Apple to unlock terror data
French lawmakers backed a plan to impose penalties including jail time on technology executives…
Woz: U.S. government ‘picked the lamest case you ever could’
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
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…
U.S. Feds: New judge must force iPhone unlock, overturning ruling that favored Apple
As expected, federal prosecutors in an iPhone unlocking case in New York have now asked a more senior judge…
U.S. government appeals Apple win in Brooklyn iPhone encryption battle
Apple Inc. agreed to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone before abruptly changing course in October after a judge…
John McAfee lied about San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone hack to ‘get a shitload of public attention’
McAfee has been on a media tour discussing a court order that directs Apple to write custom code to help the FBI access a terrorist’s iPhone…
Lavabit: U.S. government overreach may drive U.S. companies offshore
Another amicus brief has been filed in support of Apple in its legal battle with the FBI over the measures…
