USA Today: Justice Department: Apple obligated to assist FBI
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department asserted Thursday that Apple Inc., has sought to advance "false'' arguments that threaten privacy breaches on a massive scale in the tech giant's opposition to a court order requiring the company to help the FBI gain access to the iPhone used by San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook.
"The court's order is modest,'' Justice lawyers argued in the government's latest defense of a California federal magistrate decision. "It applies to a single iPhone, and it allows Apple to decide the least burdensome means of complying...The order does not compel Apple to unlock other iPhones or to give the government a universal master key or back door.''
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WNU Editor: Apple responds .... Apple: DOJ 'desperate,' brief reads like indictment (CNBC). What's my take .... the Justice Department is putting the "screws" to Apple ... especially if they push for this .... FBI warns it could demand Apple's iPhone code (Yahoo News) .... more here .... U.S. pushes back against Apple: Writing code is not free speech (CNN). My prediction .... Apple will cave, but not now.
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