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Apple stands up for consumers. Alone
"Technology consultant Richard Forno, a veteran in the security industry and one who has worked for the government as well, pointed out that while the FBI…
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Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry Response
"“The issue is of monumental importance, not only to the government and Apple but to the other technology giants as well,” said Tom Rubin, a former attorne…
Bloomberg Law: Apple Refuses Court Order
Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter and English, and Andrea Matwyshyn, a law professor at Northeastern University and former FTC senior policy adviser, discuss…
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Apple headed for showdown over San Bernardino shooter’s phone
"The company has a good case, according to Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at the University of…
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How Apple Will Fight U.S. Demand for Access to Attacker's iPhone
"Apple, likely to be joined in its resistance by other tech companies, has a good chance of winning in the end, said Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of t…
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Safari Is Now The Only Major Browser That Offers ‘Do Not Track’ on iOS
"“From a technical point of view, this is Apple's ‘fault,’” Arvind Narayanan, an assistant professor of computer science at Princeton who has worked on…
Apple may owe Ireland $19 billion, but Ireland doesn’t want the money. Here’s why.
Depending on the outcome of an official investigation, Apple may face a bill that is estimated at between $8 billion and $19 billion for underpaid taxes to the…
A Quick Update: Apple, Privacy, and the All Writs Act of 1789
Here’s the latest in the encryption case we’ve been writing about in which the Justice Department is asking Magistrate Judge James Orenstein to order Apple to u…
The All Writs Act, Software Licenses, and Why Judges Should Ask More Questions
Pending before federal magistrate judge James Orenstein is the government’s request for an order obligating Apple, Inc. to unlock an iPhone and thereby assist p…
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Faced with an iPhone they can’t unlock, cops again turn to Apple for help
"Outside legal scholars also noted that Apple has drawn the line between a locked iOS 7 device, which may technically be able to be opened, and fully encry…
Update on Apple’s Compelled-Decryption Case
Last week, we wrote about an order from a federal magistrate judge in New York that questioned the government’s ability, under an ancient federal law called the…
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DRM-free music from Apple & Microsoft
Apple has announced it would offer DRM-free music through iTunes. The offer is limited to the music catalog of one of the Major Labels, EMI. Customers still ca…