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More proof that iPhone backdoors are a stupid idea: Massive cache of law enforcement personnel data leaks
A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials…
Apple highlights user privacy as Facebook exec steps down
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook takes every opportunity to highlight his company’s commitment to privacy…
Bipartisan ‘Secure Data Act’ would make it illegal for U.S. government to demand backdoors
A new bill introduced in Congress gets encryption right…
Fired FBI director James Comey reveals how Apple’s encryption efforts drove him crazy
Fired FBI director James Comey writes about President Trump while also addressing other aspects of his career…
Bill Gates thinks Apple should unlock iPhones at the government’s request
In an interview with Axios, Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government…
FBI forensic expert blasts Apple ‘jerks’ for encrypting iPhones
Ever since Apple made encryption default on the iPhone, the FBI has been waging a war against encryption…
FBI Director Wray calls inability to access electronic devices an ‘urgent public safety issue’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is increasingly unable to access data from some electronic devices…
iCloud changes put Apple on collision course with overreaching governments
Apple has consistently argued against laws that would require tech companies to build so-called ‘back doors’ into their software…
Apple flies in top executives to lobby Australia’s Turnbull government on encryption laws
Apple’s top privacy executives have flown out to Australia twice in the past month…
Apple meeting with Australian government to discuss proposed encryption ‘back doors’
Attorney-General George Brandis will meet with global tech-giant Apple this week…
President Trump fires FBI Director James Comey who called for iPhone backdoor
President Trump has fired the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey…
FBI’s James Comey: ‘There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America’
All of us have a reasonable expectation of privacy in our homes, in our cars, and in our devices. But…
President Trump’s attorney general pick Jeff Sessions could restart the encryption fight
After weeks of speculation, President-elect Donald Trump today named Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as his choice for attorney general…
Apple backs Microsoft in battle against U.S. government over ‘Sneak-and-Peek’ searches
Apple Inc., Google and Amazon.com Inc. were among the tech leaders that rallied behind Microsoft Corp…
Inept Microsoft demonstrates just how right Apple was to stand up to U.S. government overreach
I wrote an opinion piece predating the San Bernardino shootings on why Apple was right to stand firm…
Bungling Microsoft singlehandedly proves that ‘backdoors’ are a stupid idea
Microsoft leaked the golden keys that unlock Windows-powered tablets, phones and other devices sealed…
Apple rehires prominent security pro to deliver even more powerful security features
Apple Inc , which has resisted pressure from U.S. law enforcement to unlock encrypted iPhones…
Feckless FBI unable to unlock iPhone, even with a ‘fingerprint unlock warrant’
A judge recently took the controversial step of letting the FBI force a woman to unlock an iPhone with her fingerprints. But it didn’t work…
The Touch ID lock on your iPhone isn’t cop-proof
Law enforcement may be able to compel suspects to press their fingers to the devices and unlock them…
U.S. government wants your fingerprints to unlock your phone
As the world watched the FBI spar with Apple this winter in an attempt to hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone…
U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu says strong encryption without backdoors is a ‘national security priority’
Ted Lieu is one of the few bona fide computer geeks in Congress…
60 Minutes: Hackers use Congressman’s iPhone to demo ability to listen into calls, monitor texts, track location
Apple may take iOS security so seriously that it’s willing to do battle with the FBI over it…
Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case
Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…
Ex-Apple CEO Sculley: FBI relying on hackers is fair
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
