Cybersecurity
Apple Slams U.S. Bid to Make It Crack iPhone in Court Papers
- Case is about the FBI seeking `a dangerous power,' Apple says
- Unlocking terrorist phone might take 10 engineers 4 weeks
Apple: U.S. Can’t Force It to Unlock Terrorist’s iPhone
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Tim Cook has called it nothing less than a threat to civil liberties, the digital privacy of millions and even children’s safety.
Now, a week after federal investigators threw down a gauntlet to Silicon Valley, Cook’s lawyers have weighed in, offering cool-headed legal arguments against having Apple Inc. unlock the iPhone used by one of the attackers who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December.