hi all the FBI vs Apple shakedown/ showdown hit critical mass all over within the last 2 wks, its really amazing to see it all unfold in real time. there is mass media coverage and its a big cyber event. congress is already holding hearings.[a] heres hoping congressmen at least occasionally read the internet.
a lot of high profile supporters have shown up.[c] Wozniack, Zuckerberg, Gates. companies including Google, Twitter, WhatsApp.[c1][c3] theres a massive US Govt petition already 22k signatures.[c5] even ex NSA chief Hayden, which is shocking.[c6] a NYC judge has rejected govt forced warrant.[c13-15] one remarkable case is a mother of a san bernadino victim on record as supporting apple.[c4]
the highest profile supporter is of course CEO cook.[d]
there are some naysaying voices, sample below eg Trump.[e] including a group of the san bernadino families.[e7] one senator drafting bill to criminalize “refusal to aid decryption.”[e4] rival phone makers reluctant.[e13]
major/ excellent background/ analysis collected from all over the web.[f]
highly related news, Diffie/ Hellman with the $1M Turing prize for discovery of public key cryptography.
a. congress
- 1. Apple, FBI Take Their Dispute To Congress
- 2. Apple lawyer, FBI director face off in Congress on iPhone encryption | Reuters
- 3. Apple and FBI Take Their iPhone Hacking Fight to Congress | WIRED
- 4. Apple Will Ask Congress To Step Into Fight Over Encryption – BuzzFeed News
- 5. Apple tells Congress that unlocking terrorist’s iPhone would leave users vulnerable | Daily Mail Online
- 6. Congress showed it’s willing to fight the FBI on encryption. Finally | Trevor Timm | Opinion | The Guardian
b. pro
- 1. Apple’s iPhone Encryption Is a Godsend, Even if Cops Hate It | WIRED
- 2. Apple fires back at government in San Bernardino shooter phone hack case | Daily Mail Online
- 3. Apple says investigators ruined best way to access terrorist data – CNET
- 4. Apple implies FBI screwup: iPhone Apple ID password changed in govt possession, backdoor unnecessary | 9to5Mac
- 5. Apple Says the Government Bungled Its Chance to Get That iPhone’s Data | WIRED
- 6. Apple’s Plan To Help Break Standoff With FBI
- 7. Apple Is Said to Be Trying to Make It Harder to Hack iPhones – NYTimes.com
- 8. Apple Sees Value in Its Stand to Protect Security – The New York Times
- 9. Apple’s Line in the Sand Was Over a Year in the Making – The New York Times
- 10. Apple claims First amendment protection in as it fights to OVERTURN government request to unlock San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone | Daily Mail Online
- 11. Apple developing unbreakable iPhone that can’t be hacked as the FBI fights for access to San Bernardino terrorist’s device | Daily Mail Online
- 12. Apple: It’s Us or a Dystopian, Quasi-Fascist, Sci-Fi Nightmare – The Daily Beast
- 13. San Bernardino police: Reasonably good chance nothing of value on shooter’s iPhone – Business Insider
- 14. Apple to FBI: You Can’t Force Us to Hack the San Bernardino iPhone | WIRED
- 15. Apple Might Lock Down iCloud Data To Avoid Another Fight With The Feds
- 16. The FBI wants a backdoor only it can use – but wanting it doesn’t make it possible | Technology | The Guardian
- 17. Wanting it badly isn’t enough: backdoors and weakened crypto threaten the net / Boing Boing
- 18. Fear Is the Greatest Motivator in the Case of Apple vs. the FBI
- 19. Apple vs the FBI vs a Suggestion
- 20. Why Apple Must Win vs The FBI
- 21. The Feds Have Let the Cyber World Burn. Let’s Put the Fire Out | WIRED
c. high profile supporters
- 1. These Are The Tech Companies Supporting Apple Against The FBI
- 2. Apple’s Steve Wozniak says Steve Jobs would have defied iPhone hack court order | Daily Mail Online
- 3. Twitter and Facebook join Google in backing Apple’s decision over FBI | Daily Mail Online
- 4. San Bernardino mother backs Apple’s fight to block FBI from hacking Syed Farook’s iPhone | Daily Mail Online
- 5. Halt efforts that compel Apple and other device makers to create a “backdoor” for the Government to access citizens data | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
- 6. Ex-NSA chief backs Apple on iPhone ‘back doors’
- 7. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ‘sympathetic’ with Apple’s fight with US authorities | Daily Mail Online
- 8. Zuckerberg Backs Apple in Its Battle With the FBI Over iPhone Privacy | WIRED
- 9. Bill Gates says he was ‘disappointed’ by reports he backs FBI in Apple fight | The Verge
- 10. Update: Bill Gates “Blindsided” By Report That He Sides With FBI In Apple Dispute | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
- 11. Bill Gates was ‘blindsided’ by report that said he had sided with FBI in Apple dispute | Daily Mail Online
- 12. Apple’s Tim Cook says unlocking San Bernardino iPhone would be ‘bad for America’ | Daily Mail Online
- 13. Judge Says Apple Doesn’t Have to Unlock iPhone in Case Similar to San Bernardino | WIRED
- 14. US Government cannot force Apple to unlock iPhone used in a Brooklyn drug case | Daily Mail Online
- 15. Judge Denies Government’s Request To Unlock iPhone In Drug Case
d. cook
- 1. This Is Why Tim Cook Is So Furious
- 2. Tim Cook wants the US to reform its intelligence policies
- 3. Apple CEO Calls On Feds To Drop iPhone Unlock Order – BuzzFeed News
- 4. Tim Cook responds to Apple staff insisting he will refuse FBI demands to unlock terrorist’s iPhone | Daily Mail Online
- 5. Apple CEO: We Will Take This iPhone Case to the Supreme Court
- 6. How Tim Cook, in iPhone Battle, Became a Bulwark for Digital Privacy – The New York Times
- 7. Apple CEO: Unlocking San Bernardino iPhone would be ‘bad for America’ | NewsDaily
- 8. Tim Cook: If The FBI Gets What It Wants, It Will Threaten Public Safety
- 9. Tim Cook Is Securing Steve Jobs’ Legacy With Encryption
- 10. Apple CEO Calls On Feds To Drop iPhone Unlock Order – BuzzFeed News
e. con
- 1. Donald Trump calls for a boycott of Apple products | The Verge
- 2. Trump Vs Apple: iPhone encryption dangerous to U.S. security | BGR
- 3. Apple should not be above the law: Richard Burr
- 4. Senator drafting bill to criminalize Apple’s refusal to aid decryption [Updated] | Ars Technica
- 5. Officials say Apple will be able to keep hold of and destroy any software used to break into terrorists’ iPhone amid fears it could make customers vulnerable to hacking | Daily Mail Online
- 6. Are We Really Supposed to Believe That Apple’s Spat Against the Govt Is a Fight to Protect the Freedom of American Citizens? | Alternet
- 7. San Bernardino shooting victims’ families will fight Apple to unlock iPhone | Daily Mail Online
- 8. iPhone hacking: Bill Gates sides with the FBI over Apple | BGR
- 9. FBI Sinks Teeth Into Apple Over San Bernardino – The Daily Beast
- 10. Most Americans Don’t Support Apple In Its Fight With FBI
- 11. Why the FBI’s Order to Apple Is So Technically Clever | Motherboard
- 12. FBI chief rejects Apple’s claim phones will be more susceptible to hacking | Daily Mail Online
- 13. Rival Phone Makers Reluctant To Support Apple In FBI Battle
- 14. U.S. ramps up Apple fight with new filing in iPhone unlocking case | Reuters
- 15. DoJ Files Motion to Force Apple to Hack iPhone in San Bernardino Case | WIRED
- 16. Secret Memo Details U.S.’s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones – Bloomberg Business
- 17. Why Apple’s iPhone Battle With the Government Will Likely Be a Privacy Setback
f. bkg/ analysis
- 1. Memo revealed amid Apple’s refusal to help FBI shows how spies can access your phone | Daily Mail Online
- 2. Basically Every Single Presidential Candidate Is Totally Clueless As To What’s At Stake In The Apple / FBI Fight | Techdirt
- 3. Apple, FBI Battle Escalates As Justice Department Demands San Bernadino Terrorist’s iPhone Be Unlocked
- 4. Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before – The Daily Beast
- 5. A Brief History of the U.S. Trying to Add Backdoors Into Encrypted Data | Atlas Obscura
- 6. Privacy, Encryption and the Fourth Amendment
- 7. Apple Has Gotten Federal Orders To Help Unlock At Least 13 Devices : The Two-Way : NPR
- 8. Explaining Apple’s Fight With the F.B.I. – The New York Times
- 9. Apple unlocking case not ‘trailblazer’ for precedent: FBI chief | NewsDaily
- 10. The technology at the heart of the Apple-FBI debate, explained – The Washington Post
- 11. Here’s What The FBI Actually Asked Apple To Do
- 12. Do We Really Have a ‘Right’ to Digital Privacy?
- 13. Apple, the FBI, and Security – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- 14. What You Need To Know About Apple vs. The FBI
- 15. The Apple Standoff Should Make Us Rethink Our Surrender to the Phone (VIDEO) | Alternet
- 16. Security vs. Civil Liberties
- 17. How the Feds Could Get Into iPhones Without Apple’s Help | WIRED
Turing Machine 