Apple's Shareholders Offer Support for Stance Against U.S.
- Long audience applause for Apple's legal fight in terror case
- Privacy advocate, Jackson praise resistence to FBI demands
Apple: Ten Engineers Could Unlock Terrorist's iPhone
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Polls show a majority of Americans back the U.S. government in its fight to compel Apple Inc. to help open a terrorist’s iPhone. But at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting on Friday, it was all vocal support for Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook’s stance.
When Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, rose during the meeting at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, to praise the company, her words sparked a long round of applause from the audience, including Cook on stage.