Backdoor to encryption back on agenda in absurdly named bill
An absurdly named bill is set to form the latest attempt to create legislation requiring tech giants to provide a…
An absurdly named bill is set to form the latest attempt to create legislation requiring tech giants to provide a…
Apple has defended its policy of using strong iPhone encryption such that not even the company can gain access to…
TechCrunch spotted an interesting security hire by Apple: the developer behind Edward Snowden’s recommended secure chat app is joining Apple…
There’s a new development in the ongoing back-and-forth between Apple and the Department of Justice. Apple’s top lawyer, Bruce Sewell,…
Apple said yesterday that its legal battle with the FBI has such far-reaching consequences that it should be settled by…
Victims and families of victims in the San Bernardino shootings have expressed divided views on the Apple vs FBI battle over…
With Apple making very clear how strongly it feels about the privacy of customer data through the FBI case, it’s…
Discussing the FBI case with a friend yesterday, one distinction that seems worth addressing is the difference between a backdoor…
I laid out the three reasons I believe Apple is right to stand firm on encryption back in November. The…
Just a day after a prominent legal expert described the proposed anti-encryption Burr-Feinstein bill as unconstitutional, unenforceable and harmful, Apple…
Update #2: A second coalition of tech companies including Google, Microsoft Facebook, Snapchat, Mozilla, and Dropbox have also filed a joint…
There were a few face-palm moments in yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, from committee members who appeared not to know what…
The debate over privacy and security between tech companies and the government is playing out in public yet again. Without…
Health app data from an iPhone is being used as evidence in a rape and murder investigation in Germany, Motherboard reports….
The latest to speak out on the Apple and FBI controversy is none other than President Obama who earlier today…
British Home Secretary Amber Rudd – in charge of police policy in the UK – has told the BBC that Apple…
We’ve heard some pretty outrageous ramblings from the government regarding Apple’s use of encryption in its mobile devices in the…
Civil rights organizations have expressed strong support for Apple’s resistance to a court order instructing it to create special firmware that…
In the ongoing controversy over Apple’s refusal to unlock the San Bernardino suspect’s iPhone on behalf of FBI, today Apple’s…
A detailed behind-the-scenes look by Bloomberg at the showdown between Apple and the FBI details how it had been on the…
If Tim Cook’s strongly-worded response to the court order instructing it to assist the FBI in breaking into an iPhone…
Apple’s strong position on privacy and encryption has been at odds with the United States government’s pressure to step up…
In a conference call with reporters last week, an Apple exec said it was reasonable to expect the company to continue…
The FBI has so far been ambivalent about whether or not it will reveal to Apple the method used to…