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Government pressure for Apple to bypass encryption reduced as iPhone owner enters guilty plea
Jun Feng, a defendant in a criminal case, has entered a guilty plea, removing pressure from a New York court…
Judge compares government request for Apple to access users’ iPhone data to execution order
Ordering Apple to access data against its will would be akin to making a reluctant drug company carry out a lethal injection…
U.S. judge expresses doubts over forcing Apple to unlock iPhone
U.S. judge on Monday expressed strong doubts that he had the legal authority to order Apple Inc…
US DOJ claims Apple lacks legal standing to refuse iPhone unlock order
A federal filing has shed some light on the court matter involving Apple’s unwillingness to unlock…
Apple tells U.S. judge it can’t unlock iPhones running iOS 8 or higher
Apple Inc. told a federal judge that it ‘would be impossible’ to access user data on a locked iPhone…
Apple CEO Cook defends encryption, opposes back door for government spies
Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday…
With Apple court order, activist federal judge seeks to fuel debate about data encryption
A federal judge in New York is seeking to expand to the courts the hot debate over whether tech companies like Apple…
Judge declines to order Apple to disable security on device seized by U.S. government
A federal magistrate in Brooklyn is temporarily refusing to order Apple to disable security on a device seized by the U.S. government…
If elected U.S. President, Jeb Bush would push to eliminate so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulations
Saying the U.S. economy is ‘buried under the weight of rulebooks,’ Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Tuesday proposed…
Apple refused to give iMessages to the U.S. government
The Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages…
NY Times Op-Ed calls for Apple to decrypt iPhones for law enforcement
Last September, Apple and Google, whose operating systems…
Edward Snowden explains why Apple should continue to fight the government on encryption
As the Obama administration campaign to stop Apple…
Obama administration war against Apple just got uglier
The Obama administration’s central strategy against Apple…
Potential for bipartisan net neutrality bill emerges in U.S. Congress
Both political parties have a major reason to seek a permanent legislative solution…
Apple’s iOS encryption has ‘petrified’ the U.S. administration, governments around the world
Stronger encryption in Apple’s iPhones has ‘petrified’ the U.S. government because…
The CIA campaign to steal Apple’s secrets
Researchers working with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort…
Jeb Bush on FCC and so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulation: ‘One of the craziest ideas I’ve ever heard’
Jeb Bush said Saturday that he opposes the FCC’s attempts to regulate broadband Internet providers…
Who loves the FCC’s overreach on so-called ‘net neutrality?’ Telecom lawyers
While ‘net neutrality’ sounds like a good idea, it isn’t…
Apple CEO Cook: Unlike some other companies, Apple won’t invade your right to privacy
Apple’s Tim Cook has been on tour…
Apple CEO Tim Cook advocates privacy, says terrorists should be ‘eliminated’
None of us should accept that the government or a company or anybody should have access to all of our private information…
Legal battles loom over FCC’s so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
The fate of the Internet in the U.S. is far from settled…
U.S. FCC OKs so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules on party-line vote
Republican commish: ‘Read my lips. More Internet taxes are coming.’
U.S. FCC’s rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’ expected to unleash slew of court challenges
Republicans expect that Democrats will change their thinking once they realize the legal threat…
EFF: ‘We are deeply concerned; FCC’s new rules include provision that sounds like a recipe for overreach’
For many months, EFF has been working with a broad coalition…
The U.S. FCC’s Orwellian Internet policy
The courts will almost certainly overturn the president’s plan…
Democratic FCC commissioner balks at so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules
A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission wants to narrow the scope…
FCC chief pressed to release proposed regulations governing so-called ‘net neutrality’
A key Republican lawmaker in Congress called for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler…
FCC and FTC commissioners: The Internet isn’t broken. Obama doesn’t need to ‘fix’ it.
If you like your wireless plan, you should be able to keep it. But new federal regulations may take away your freedom…
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai: Obama’s plan a monumental shift toward government control of the Internet
Obama’s plan marks a monumental shift toward government control of the Internet…
Congress launches investigation as Republicans claim Obama had ‘improper influence’ over so-called ‘net neutrality’
Congressional Republicans are accusing the White House of having ‘an improper influence’ over the FCC’s…
New Snowden documents show how the Britain’s GCHQ tracked iPhone users
Previous leaks have revealed specific NSA exploits used to compromise the famously malware-resistant iPhone….
New York prosecutor calls for law to fight Apple data encryption
Federal and state governments should consider passing laws that forbid iPhones…
U.S. feds want Apple’s help to defeat encrypted phones, invoke 18th-century All Writs Act
Newly discovered court documents from two federal criminal cases in New York and California…
U.S. DOJ turns to 225-year-old law to force Apple, Google to unlock password-protected devices
Prosecutors last month persuaded a federal magistrate to order…
DOJ warns Apple: iPhone encryption will lead to a child dying
The No. 2 official at the Justice Department recently warned top Apple executives…
U.S. Senate blocks legislation on curbing NSA’s bulk data collection program
The Senate blocked legislation that would have limited the National Security Agency…
Speaker of the House John Boehner kills Internet sales tax bill
Speaker of the House John Boehner has long opposed efforts to expand Internet sales taxes…
PayPal co-founder: When it comes to tech, U.S. federal government is in the ‘Middle Ages’
Fewer than 35 of 535 members of Congress have backgrounds in science or technology…
iPhone unlocking again legal in U.S. as Obama signs cellphone unlocking bill into law
It first became illegal to unlock a cell phone in January of 2013…
Bill legalizing iPhone unlocking approved by U.S. House of Representatives
After the decision last year to make unlocking iPhones and cellular-capable iPads illegal…
Silicon Valley anticipates payoff from new GOP leader, expected McCarthy ascension
Tech’s early-stage investment in Rep. Kevin McCarthy could produce a prominent payoff…
