Meet Ted Olson, Apple's insanely high-powered lawyer in the FBI case (aapl)
When it became clear last week that Apple was facing a long-term struggle over whether it should help the FBI hack a terrorist's encrypted iPhone, the Cupertino company went out and hired one of the...
View ArticleApple just hired the developer of Edward Snowden's favorite encrypted chat...
Apple has hired one of the key developers of Signal, the secure encrypted messaging service that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden uses.Apple has indicated that it plans to upgrade the security on...
View ArticleApple and the FBI will testify in front of Congress next Tuesday (AAPL)
Apple's battle with the FBI is heading to Capitol Hill. The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing covering encryption technology on March 1st, and notably, Apple's top lawyer Bruce Sewell and...
View ArticleSan Bernardino police chief says there's a 'reasonably good chance that...
One overlooked fact in the battle between the FBI and Apple: there probably isn't any useful information on Syed Farook's government-issued phone.That's according to San Bernardino police chief Jarrod...
View ArticleApple and the FBI are in the middle of a huge battle that could affect the...
The battle between the FBI and Apple over a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters is poised to be one of the biggest technology stories for years.In short, the FBI wants Apple to help it...
View ArticleApple exec: FBI could make us spy on Americans with iPhone cameras or...
Apple's online-services boss, Eddy Cue, warned that if the FBI were to get its way, Apple might be forced to use an iPhone's camera or microphone to spy on people.In a Spanish-language interview...
View ArticleApple just filed its final response before it meets the FBI in court (AAPL)
Apple will face the FBI in federal court in California on March 22 to address whether it needs to help the agency break into San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone.On Tuesday, Apple released a...
View ArticleApple engineers would rather quit than help the FBI (AAPL)
Some Apple engineers say that they'd rather quit than help the government break security measures that Apple has placed on iPhones and iPads.Inside Apple, engineers have already discussed who would and...
View ArticleThe FBI says it has hacked into the San Bernardino shooter's phone without...
The US Justice Department said on Monday that it had managed to access encrypted information stored on the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, ending a contentious standoff between...
View ArticleApple responds: 'This case should have never been brought' (AAPL)
The government withdrew its order compelling Apple to help the FBI acceess encrypted information on the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters on Monday. The development effectively...
View ArticleApple won its battle against the FBI, but the war isn't over yet (AAPL)
On Monday, the US government withdrew its order compelling Apple to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by one of the attackers in last year's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. The...
View ArticleThis request from a grieving father shows why Apple absolutely cannot build a...
Apple told the FBI in no uncertain terms that it did not want to help it hack into a dead terrorist's iPhone.But would it tell the same thing to a grieving father who wants the texts and photos on his...
View ArticleThe FBI's trick for breaking into the iPhone likely won't stay a secret for...
The FBI's method for breaking into a locked iPhone 5c is unlikely to stay secret for long, according to senior Apple Inc engineers and outside experts.Once it is exposed, Apple should be able to plug...
View ArticleThe government still wants Apple to help it crack an iPhone in New York (AAPL)
Although the Justice Department withdrew its request for Apple to help it hack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, a similar court case elsewhere is still ongoing. In a letter...
View ArticleIt turns out there was nothing substantial on the San Bernardino iPhone all...
The Justice Department and Apple spent much of the past few months in a bitter legal battle over whether Apple should help the FBI access data on a phone used by Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino...
View ArticleHere's what an Apple executive will tell Congress tomorrow (AAPL)
Although the spat between the government and Apple over an encrypted iPhone in San Bernardino, California may be over for now, the real fight will begin when Congress seriously considers a bill that...
View ArticleThe FBI will fight to keep its iPhone hack secret, but Apple will probably...
The FBI is fighting to keep the hack it used to break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters secret.It's expected to tell the White House that the crack it used to unlock data on an...
View ArticleHere’s what Apple thinks about the black market for $1 million iPhone hacks...
The U.S. government paid a steep price to hackers earlier this year to help it break into an iPhone used by on of the San Bernardino shooters.The most recent credible report pegs the price the...
View Article'Boycott Apple' — 3 ways a Trump presidency could affect Apple (AAPL)
Republican Donald Trump is now the president-elect in what's being called the biggest upset in American political history.Silicon Valley figures are already freaking out, but there's one company in...
View ArticleSenator reveals that the FBI paid $900,000 to hack into the San Bernardino...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly last week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San...
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