Dec 06 High court sides with Samsung in patent dispute with Apple By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with smartphone maker Samsung in its high-profile patent dispute with Apple over design of the iPhone. Continue reading
Apr 27 FBI says it won’t disclose how it accessed locked iPhone By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The FBI said Wednesday that it will not publicly disclose the method that allowed it to access a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, saying it lacks enough "technical information" about the software vulnerability that was… Continue reading
Apr 23 Feds unlock iPhone in NY drug case, drop fight with Apple By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department said it has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case after someone provided federal investigators with the phone's passcode. Continue reading
Apr 21 FBI head suggests agency paid more than $1M to access iPhone By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- FBI Director James Comey hinted at an event in London on Thursday that the FBI paid more than $1 million to break into the locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 9:45 Unlocking justice? Breaking into iPhone may help find Louisiana killer, police say By Mori Rothman At half past eight on April 24th, Barbara Mills received a loving text message from her daughter, Brittney. A screen capture of the last text message Barbara Mills received from her daughter Brittney. Photo credit: NewsHour “I have… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 7:46 FBI cracks the locked iPhone, but legal questions remain unanswered By PBS News Hour A conflict between tech giant Apple and the FBI over the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters came to a moot point when Justice Department officials announced they had cracked the phone’s security without Apple’s help. Gwen… Continue watching
Mar 28 Justice Department cracks iPhone, withdraws legal action against Apple By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI says it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple's help to break into an iPhone linked to the gunman in a California mass shooting. Continue reading
Mar 08 Justice Department appeals ruling on unlocking data in New York iPhone case By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Calling a New York judge's ruling "an unprecedented limitation" on judicial authority, the Justice Department has asked a Brooklyn federal court to reverse a decision that said Apple Inc. wasn't required to pry open a locked iPhone. Continue reading
Mar 02 Apple, FBI stake out conflicting positions before Congress By Eric Tucker and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. government calls it a "vicious guard dog" that hurts national security. Apple says it's critical to protecting consumer privacy against increasingly sophisticated hackers. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch live: Apple and the FBI testify before Congress By Larry Neumeister and Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A Brooklyn jurist has scolded the government in a stinging rebuke of arguments it has used to shame Apple for refusing to surrender information from its customers' iPhones, saying it's stretching a 1789 law to get "impermissibly absurd… Continue reading