Apple braces for legal fight with DOJ over Pensacola shooter's iPhones
Apple CEO Tim Cook is reportedly building a small team of specialists to defend the company's encryption policies as a legal showdown with the Department of Justice looms.
Encryption Debate
Mikey Campbell
Trump tells Apple to 'step up to the plate' and unlock Pensacola shooter's iPhones
President Donald Trump waded into the encryption battle on Tuesday with a tweet calling on Apple to "unlock" iPhones at the request of law enforcement agencies, suggesting the company should do so because of help it receives on trade and "other issues."
The FBI has the tools it needs to break into the iPhone, and shouldn't ask for backdoors
Demands from the FBI and Attorney General William Barr for Apple to provide more help to the ongoing Pensacola shooter investigation did not need to be made, as security experts have pointed out the existence of hacking tools that could have granted access to locked iPhones — which law enforcement has at their disposal already.
Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen
Apple denies Barr's request to unlock Pensacola shooter's iPhones
Apple on Monday denied a public request from U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr to unlock iPhones owned by a Saudi Air Force cadet accused of killing three people at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., refuting the AG's claim that it has not provided "substantive assistance" in the investigation.
Attorney General Barr demands Apple unlock iPhones in Pensacola shooting
US Attorney General William Barr has publicly asked Apple to unlock a pair of iPhones used by the gunman who killed three people in Pensacola, Florida in December, complaining Apple has so far provided no "substantive assistance" to the investigation.
Malcolm Owen
Apple's Mac Pro, iOS 13.3, encryption backdoors on the AppleInsider Podcast
This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Victor and William talk about password managers, the Feds threatening encryption backdoors, Apple Card iPhone installments, and unsurprisingly the Mac Pro.
Victor Marks
Senators threaten Apple, Facebook with mandated encryption backdoors
Tech companies including Apple and Facebook should provide encrypted user data to members of law enforcement, U.S. Senators said on Tuesday, with the added threat of imposing regulatory measures over the technology if they fail to do so.
Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro & the ARM Mac on the AppleInsider Podcast
This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Victor and William talk about the 16-inch MacBook Pro rumors, just how effective Facebook's $5 billion fine from the FTC will be, and the pending antitrust investigation into big tech companies.
US Attorney General Barr doubles down on encryption backdoors call
The US Attorney General William Barr has waded into the ongoing encryption debate, claiming the encryption of data is putting the security of America at risk by stopping law enforcement officials from being able to track criminals, and calling for the creation of security-defeating backdoors that somehow do not weaken encryption.
Mike Wuerthele
Roger Fingas
Stephen Silver
