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MacSurfer's Archive: Friday, February 19, 2016
 

 

Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple CEO asked to testify on unlocking iPhone encryption: U.S. lawmakers have asked Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify about his company's stance on refusing to help law enforcement unlock iPhone's encryption technology."  CNNMoney 6:22 PM
  • "Apple says debate over encryption should be decided by Congress"  Reuters 5:35 PM
  • "Apple: Terrorist's Apple ID Password Changed In Government Custody, Blocking Access/Company executives made the revelation hours after the Department of Justice demanded in court that Apple create a way into Syed Farook's phone."  BuzzFeed 5:49 PM
  • "DOJ Escalates Battle With Apple Over San Bernardino Shooter's Phone: The Justice Department is pushing forward with its legal fight against Apple, urging a federal judge to compel the tech giant to help the FBI crack open a cellphone left behind by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters. 'Rather than assist the effort to fully investigate a deadly terrorist attack by obeying this court's [previous order], Apple has responded by publicly repudiating that order,' prosecutors wrote in a new filing today."  ABCNews 3:39 PM
  • "U.S. ramps up Apple fight with new filing in iPhone unlocking case" Reuters 3:49 PM
  • "U.S. Says Marketing Is Reason Apple Won't Help Unlock Phone: New filing hits technology company over refusal to comply with previous court order" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:45 PM
  • "Justice Department Calls Apple's Refusal to Unlock iPhone a 'Marketing Strategy': The Justice Department, impatient over its inability to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers, demanded Friday that a judge immediately order Apple to give it the technical tools to get inside the phone." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 4:10 PM
  • "Feds strike back at Apple, say firm misleads public battle over terrorist's iPhone" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 4:39 PM
  • "DOJ slams Apple for refusing to help unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone" Macworld 3:55 PM
  • "US Department of Justice files motion to force Apple to crack terrorist's iPhone" AppleInsider 3:56 PM
  • "US steps up pressure in clash with Apple" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3:55 PM
  • "Apple and feds reveal San Bernardino shooter's iCloud password was reset hours after attack" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 6:50 PM
  • "Profit or patriotism? What's driving fight between US, Apple"  Associated Press 7:01 AM
  • "Why Apple's fight with the FBI could have reverberations in China"  Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:20 AM
  • "The Apple Vs. FBI IPhone Encryption Battle: What It Means For Enterprises" Forbes 6:56 AM
  • "Apple's misjudgment over San Bernardino: Cook should drop his objection to the FBI order on iPhone access" ["Mr Cook argues these measures would 'undeniably create a backdoor' to every iPhone. If the FBI were seeking blanket access to private data on all iPhones that would be a legitimate concern. The FBI is doing no such thing. It wants to decrypt this particular handset. Any subsequent use of the software would require a separate court order, a vital safeguard."]  Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 7:11 AM
  • "In Nod to Law Enforcement, Obama Ends Attempt to Straddle Privacy Divide" ["Some of those civil libertarians said Thursday that Mr. Obama's vocal support for the F.B.I.'s aggressive legal tactics against Apple were evidence that the president is too willing to accede to the demands of his national security advisers. Tim Cook, the Apple chief executive who in the past has expressed deep respect for Mr. Obama, has vowed to fight the order."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 7:10 AM
  • "This is Apple's Most Likely Game Plan for Fighting The FBI: The stakes are huge if it loses." Reuters 8:29 AM
  • "Big tech companies are joining Apple in its encryption fight" Associated Press 7:18 AM
  • "Apple Likely to Invoke Free-Speech Rights in Encryption Fight: Apple will likely seek to invoke the United States' protections of free speech as one of its key legal arguments in trying to block an order to help unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, lawyers with expertise in the subject said this week." Reuters 11:14 AM
  • "Apple Hires Free Speech Lawyers in FBI iPhone Unlocking Battle" The Mac Observer 5:17 PM
  • "Apple Said to Get More Time to Fight Order to Unlock IPhone" Bloomberg 7:29 AM
  • "Secret Memo Details U.S.'s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones: Silicon Valley celebrated last fall when the White House revealed it would not seek legislation forcing technology makers to install 'backdoors' in their software: secret listening posts where investigators could pierce the veil of secrecy on users' encrypted data, from text messages to video chats. But while the companies may have thought that was the final word, in fact the government was working on a Plan B."  Bloomberg 9:10 AM
Apple News
  • "How a streaming video service could solve Apple's biggest problem: When sales of hardware like the iPhone level off, selling loyal customers monthly subscriptions is a great way to keep growing." Macworld 4:13 PM
  • "App Annie Brings Good News for Apple: Alphabet leads Apple in app downloads, but Apple beats Alphabet where it counts." The Motley Fool 7:19 AM
  • "Excruciating New Credit Cards Finally Give Apple Pay a Problem to Solve" Wired 7:08 AM
  • "There's a new AAA standard in corporate America: the one-two three punch of Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon. For the fourth time, our list of the World's Most Admired Companies Top 50 All-Stars is led by a trio of tech giants under 40 years old." Fortune 11:10 AM
  • "Apple holds onto the coveted No. 1 spot as the World's Most Admired Company for the ninth year in a row." Fortune 11:10 AM