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Why even Apple’s mortal enemies are on its side

March 4, 2016 at 1:34 p.m. EST
Aaron Levie, co-founder and chief executive officer at Box Inc., speaks during a featured session at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Monday, March 10, 2014. Box joined Google and others in expressing support for Apple as the firm battles with the FBI. (Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Silicon Valley is not letting Apple go it alone.

More than two dozen technology companies said Thursday that they stand with Apple in its battle with the FBI, by filing "friend of the court" briefs supporting the tech firm. Notably, a group including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon filed together, agreeing with Apple's position that the government request to have Apple write code that weakens its security protocols on its iPhone operating system oversteps its authority.