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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…
Donald Trump seems to have given up his Apple boycott
Three weeks ago, Donald Trump announced an impromptu boycott of Apple products…
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…
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…
French parliament votes to penalize smartphone makers over encryption
French parliamentary deputies, defying government wishes, have voted in favor of penalizing smartphone makers…
Would you like that shoe broiled, poached, or fried, John McAfee? Because you don’t know how iPhones work
Former antivirus developer and presidential wannabe John McAfee claimed a couple of weeks ago to have the perfect solution…
U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa: The FBI should try to unlock shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help
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…
John McAfee reveals how the FBI can unlock an iPhone in 30 minutes
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
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
FBI Director James Comey now claims ‘there was a mistake made’ when the agency directed…
Turing Award winners advocate for encryption; back Apple vs. U.S. government overreach
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
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
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…
How to watch Apple’s U.S. Congressional hearing
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
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
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
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell plans to tell Congress on Tuesday that strong encryption in iPhones protects users…
Warren Buffett says ‘privacy has its limits’ in Apple vs. U.S. government case
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
The U.S. Congress has already decided not to require electronic communication service providers, like Apple, to do what the government seeks…
