Apple Challenges FBI: All Writs Act Order (CA)
A U.S. federal magistrate judge has ordered Apple to break the security of an iPhone as part of the investigation into the 2015 San Bernardino shootings. Apple is fighting the order which would compromise the security of all its users around the world.
In March 2016, FBI announced that it had received a third-party tip with a method to unlock the phone without Apple's assistance. After confirming that technique worked, FBI asked the court to drop the order.
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In a recent Deeplinks post and in some of our other communications about the Apple case, we've referred to what the government wants Apple to do as creating a "backdoor." Some people have questioned the use of the term, but we think it's appropriate. Here's why.
The...
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Traducción de David Bogado.
En la edición sabatina del New York Times del pasado 13 de marzo, el periodista Matt Apuzzo informa que el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos está enfrascado en una "disputa prolongada" con la aplicación WhatsApp. El gobierno estadounidense está frustrado por su falta...
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Traducción de David Bogado.
En la edición sabatina del New York Times del pasado 13 de marzo, el periodista Matt Apuzzo informa que el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos está enfrascado en una "disputa prolongada" con la aplicación WhatsApp. El gobierno estadounidense está frustrado por su falta...
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Last week, EFF filed a brief in support of Apple’s fight against the FBI, in which we argued that forcing Apple to write—and sign—a custom version of iOS would violate the First Amendment rights of Apple and its programmers. That’s because the right to free speech sharply limits the...
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Riverside, California—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and 46 technology industry experts, including inventors of modern cryptography, told a federal court today that forcing Apple to write and sign computer code disabling crucial iPhone security features that protect millions of users violates the company’s free speech rights.
The Federal Bureau...
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