We’re at a crossroads in Apple’s fight to overturn an order issued by the FBI to assist in decrypting an alleged mass shooter’s iPhone. The FBI is currently testing a hacking method it has learned from “an outside ...
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Smartphone encryption is law enforcement’s new boogeyman, and the right of citizens to protect their data and communications from prying eyes is directly under attack on multiple fronts. With so many forces conspiring to weaken our phones’ security, we’d been looking forward to Apple getting its day in court to fight the government’s efforts to compel it to re-write iOS code with the express purpose of defeating intentional security measures. Unfortunately for those of us anticipating this showdown,
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From the beginning, the real problem of the whole Apple v. FBI case came down to decrypting an iPhone 5c that belonged to Syed Farook, one of the suspected shooters who killed 14 people at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. The FBI and a magistrate judge ordered Apple to assist investigators in doing so. Apple has since been
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Today’s Apple event is underway, and we’re likely just moments form hearing about Apple’s latest mobile hardware. But before we get there, Apple took a few moments to look back at itself: this is a company celebrating its 40th birthday, one with over a billion active devices in use. And despite achieving all that, it’s about to face maybe one of its biggest fights yet, as the company faces off against the federal government in a fight to keep its mobile operating system secure.
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Next Tuesday is Apple’s big day in court as it fights back against a government order attempting to compel the company to develop software that could threaten the security of its iOS mobile platform. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen the merits of Apple’s resistance debated to near-exhaustion, and supporters of both Apple and the feds alike are interested in seeing Apple’s motion finally ruled upon.
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If the FBI is able to enforce a court order that would force Apple to assist in the decryption of an iPhone 5c that was in the hands of a mass shooter, the company’s engineers would have several options to resist against having to work on the order. In fact, they could potentially leave Apple off the hook in complying with the agency.The New York Times has interviewed several current ...
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To say that tensions are running high in Apple’s standoff with the federal government over the company’s role in assisting the FBI in an ongoing terror investigation would be a bit of an understatement. Both sides are framing their conflict in the most serious terms, as law enforcement stokes fears of imagined “cyber pathogens” and Apple suggests the government’s request puts ...
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As we spool up the legal cogs in what looks to be Apple v. FBI, the court of public opinion is now in session.Public sentiment has shifted to the statistical middle of the road when it comes to the issue of privacy versus security. Namely, personal privacy versus national security.A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll ...
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Right now, the FBI is trying to compel Apple to develop new software that would allow it to more easily break the security on the locked iPhone 5c that’s currently at the center of the San Bernardino terrorism investigation. As configured, the smartphone’s set to permanently destroy the means to access its encrypted data if an incorrect PIN is entered too many times, and the FBI wants Apple to craft a special version of iOS that would disable this countermeasure. While Apple waits to see how its ...
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The FBI, San Bernardino County District Attorney, the local Police Department and all their highly-placed politician supporters have never been able to provide a very compelling argument for why a specific iPhone 5c owned by a terrorist needs to be ...
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Although it’s probably far from settled, the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over a specific iPhone’s encryption but actually way more than that already provoked all the feelings. You may have started off somewhere in the middle, understanding the stances of both involved parties, and you likely groaned at
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Here is a list of the companies, organizations and people in support of Apple in light of its upcoming legal entrenchment with the FBI over assistance in access to an encrypted iPhone.32 Law ProfessorsAccess Now and Wickr FoundationACT/The App ...
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Apple’s in the middle of what may prove to be one of the most important legal battles to confront the smartphone sector in years, as it resits government orders to develop new software that would weaken the security of iOS devices targeted by a law enforcement investigation. While we wait to see how that fight goes in the courts, the American legislature has been turning its own attention to the debate over smartphones and access to encryption, and today the House ...
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Various polls conducted on the heels of Apple’s refusal to comply with a court order and assist the FBI in decrypting an iPhone 5c potentially containing information relevant to the San Bernardino shooting investigation have perhaps surprisingly shown most Americans don’t share Tim Cook’s stance on ...
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The eyes of smartphone users, legal scholars, and civil rights advocates everywhere are on the subject of the San Bernardino terrorism investigation in which the FBI is trying to compel Apple to create a modified, security-weakened version of iOS. Last week we saw Apple file its official response to the court order in question, as the company fights to resist the FBI’s demands. But while we’ll be waiting for a few more ...
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