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New York state considers bill mandating backdoors in smartphone encryptionA bill up for consideration by the New York state assembly would force Apple and other smartphone makers to ensure their products can be decrypted fo…
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AT&T CEO says US encryption policy is up to Congress, not AppleUS government policies on device encryption should be decided by the public and Congress, not companies like Apple, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said …
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Apple, Inc has filed for mistrial in $625M VirnetX lawsuitAfter objecting to the closing arguments made by Caldwell, Cassady & Curry attorneys representing VirnetX, Apple has now filed a motion for mistrial …
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Proposed bill would ban US states from mandating backdoors in encryptionA bipartisan bill introduced to the U.S. House of Represenatives on Wednesday would bar individual states and localities from requiring backdoors in …
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Harvard study says Apple's Tim Cook was right: encryption bans, backdoors wouldn't workEfforts by the FBI and certain lawmakers seeking to ban Apple and other U.S. companies from selling products with real encryption will not be effecti…
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Judge orders Apple to access iPhone belonging to San Bernardino shooter [u]A U.S. magistrate judge on Tuesday ordered Apple to comply with FBI requests to help extract data from an iPhone owned by one of the shooters involve…
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Donald Trump says Apple should back down in San Bernardino caseSurprise right-wing presidential candidate Donald Trump weighed in on Apple's fight with the U.S. government on Wednesday, saying the iPhone maker sh…
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Lawmakers, advocacy groups, Snowden take sides in polarizing Apple encryption debateU.S. legislators, public rights groups and security experts are planting their collective flags in a debate that could have serious ramifications for…
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Protestors gather at San Francisco Apple Store to support fight against government backdoorsInternet rights advocacy group Fight for the Future held a rally outside a flagship San Francisco Apple Store on Wednesday in a show of support as Ap…
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Senate committee chair mulls bill to punish companies that refuse decryption requestsAmid a raging digital security debate sparked by Apple's fight to protect encryption FBI, the Senate Intelligence Committee is said to be working on …
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Facebook, Twitter voice support for Apple's stance on encryption [u]Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted "we stand with Tim Cook and Apple," while Facebook expressed it would "fight aggressively" against any go…
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Apple reportedly enlists aid of free-speech attorneys in encryption battleDetails surrounding Apple's legal battle to keep iPhone encryption intact continue to trickle out, the latest being a report claiming the company has…
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AppleInsider podcast digs into Apple's fight for encryptionThis week, the <em>AppleInsider</em> podcast analyzes the far reaching implications of a federal court order -- one that would see Apple undermine it…
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US Department of Justice files motion to force Apple to crack terrorist's iPhoneApple's complex saga involving data encryption, civil liberties and national security took yet another twist on Friday when the U.S. Department of Ju…
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Avid iPhone user Donald Trump calls for Apple boycott over encryption fightDonald Trump, who is seeking the U.S. Republican presidential nomination, on Friday said consumers should boycott Apple until the company complies wi…
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Apple ID linked to terrorist's iPhone 5c changed while device was in government hands, Apple says [In response to a Department of Justice motion to compel Apple's cooperation in the unlocking of an iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino terror…
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Tim Cook says government should withdraw demands to unlock iPhone, form commission to discuss impliApple Chief Executive Tim Cook issued a memo to his employees on Monday, escalating the war of words between his company and the U.S. government, and…
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Mother of San Bernardino victim backs Apple, says right to privacy 'makes America great'Carole Adams -- whose son Robert was killed in the San Bernardino attack last year -- has spoken out in support of Apple's position on encryption, sa…
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Rallies supporting Apple's stance on privacy see lukewarm responseInternet rights advocacy group Fight for the Future staged a series of rallies in support of Apple's encryption fight on Tuesday, though the nationwi…
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'This would be bad for America,' Tim Cook tells ABC News about creating iPhone backdoorApple Chief Executive Tim Cook will take to the airwaves this evening in an exclusive interview with <em>ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir</em…
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Bipartisan encryption bill would create special congressional commission on encryptionHouse Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Wednesday announced pl…
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Maricopa County Attorney bans employees from getting new iPhones, says Apple is 'on the side of terAs a result of Apple's refusal to help the FBI unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone, the Maricopa County, Ariz. Attorney's Office has a…
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FBI Director James Comey seeks to reassure Congress that Apple fight is not about precedentThe Federal Bureau of Investigation does not believe its battle with Apple will result in a legal precedent that could weaken encryption protections …
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Apple lead attorney Bruce Sewell to testify before US Congress on encryption debate March 1The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on encryption next Tuesday, and Apple's top attorney, Bruce Sewell, will be…
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft & Twitter expected to file motions backing Apple in unlock debateGoogle, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter are all expected to file amicus briefs in support of Apple, which is refusing to help the FBI unlock an iPhon…
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Apple TV adds new app categories, advertises Tim Cook's ABC interview in tvOS App StoreAs part of continued efforts to build out the nascent tvOS platform, Apple on Thursday flipped the switch on new Apple TV App Store categories, while…
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Apple directors reelected, outside proposals rejected at annual shareholder meetingApple's board of directors were unanimously reelected to their positions at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Friday, while shareholder pro…
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Apple directors reelected, outside proposals rejected at annual shareholder meetingApple's board of directors were unanimously reelected to their positions at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Friday, while shareholder pro…
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Apple lawyer warns government on road to 'limitless' power in iPhone encryption fightApple lawyer Ted Olson, who some view as one of the most prominent practicing attorneys in the U.S., on Friday said the government appears to be on t…
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Apple will ask Congress for a 'thoughtful and honest consideration of the facts' in testimony on enApple's chief attorney, Bruce Sewell, will testify before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, where he will argue that any decisions on mobile encryption s…
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