All posts tagged "Apple"

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  FBI: Phone Encryption a ‘Vicious Guard Dog’ in Crime Probes

  ACLU Lawyer Says if Government Wins, Nothing Can Stop it from Turning Tech Companies into Surveillance Tools

  • Posted March 1, 2016
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  CEO Tim Cook Defends Apple’s Resistance in FBI iPhone Case

  CUPERTINO, California — Apple CEO Tim Cook got a standing ovation Friday at his first stockholder meeting since his company’s epic clash with the FBI unfolded. He defended the company’s unbending stand by saying: “These are the...

  • Posted February 26, 2016
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  Apple: FBI Seeks ‘Dangerous Power’ in Fight over Phone

  WASHINGTON – Apple Inc. on Thursday asked a federal magistrate to reverse her order that the company help the FBI hack into a locked iPhone, accusing the federal government of seeking “dangerous power” through the courts and...

  • Posted February 25, 2016
• Lockdown: Apple Could Make it Even Tougher to Hack Phones

  SAN FRANCISCO – Suppose the FBI wins its court battle and forces Apple to help unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino killers. That could open all iPhones up to potential government scrutiny –...

  • Posted February 25, 2016
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  Apple: Congress, Not Courts, Must Decide

  Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge that its fight with the FBI should be kicked to Congress.

  • Posted February 24, 2016
• Bill Gates Supports Government Efforts in Apple Case

  NEW YORK – Bill Gates is supportive of investigators’ efforts to force Apple to help them crack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, saying a balance needs to be struck between government...

  • Posted February 24, 2016
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• Experts: The FBI’s iPhone-Unlocking Plan for Apple is Risky

  SAN FRANCISCO – In its battle with Apple over an extremist’s iPhone, the FBI says neither the company nor anyone else has anything to fear. Although they want to compel assistance from Apple to unlock a phone...

  • Posted February 22, 2016
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• Apple Tells Employees Why it Won’t Help Hack Shooter’s Phone

  WASHINGTON – Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook acknowledged to employees Monday that “it does not feel right” to refuse to help the FBI hack a locked iPhone used by a gunman in the San Bernardino mass shootings....

  • Posted February 22, 2016
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• Common Software Would Have Let FBI Unlock Shooter’s iPhone

  WASHINGTON – The county government that owned the iPhone in a high-profile legal battle between Apple Inc. and the Justice Department paid for but never installed a feature that would have allowed the FBI to easily and...

  • Posted February 21, 2016
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• Protests to Rally Across US to Back Apple in Battle With FBI

  SAN FRANCISCO – Protesters are preparing to assemble in more than 30 cities to lash out at the FBI for obtaining a court order that requires Apple to make it easier to unlock an encrypted iPhone used...

  • Posted February 20, 2016
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