This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Shane and Victor look at the latest new developments in the FBI’s conflict with Apple, and its impact within US politics. They also touch on the history of encryption and steps you can take to encrypt your own iPhone and files.
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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch toed the line in an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday, and reiterated that the government is merely requesting Apple for help in unlocking a single iPhone linked to last year’s San Bernardino terror attack, not a backdoor into iOS.
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Apple’s lead attorney Bruce Sewell on Thursday delivered some harsh words regarding a DOJ court filing in response to the company’s refusal to cooperate in an FBI investigation, saying the government letter “reads like an indictment.”
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As the Apple vs. FBI encryption debate heats up in California, the U.S. government on Thursday fired back at Apple’s oppositions to a court order compelling its assistance in an FBI investigation, and in a new motion discounted a number of arguments related to supposed backdoors, “master keys,” the All Writs Act and more.
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Apple’s March 21 keynote will be streamed live on Apple TV, Mac, iPhone, iPad and more, giving consumers around the world the opportunity to be among the first to see its latest products.
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A few days after the sixth betas of iOS 9.3, watchOS 2.2 and OS X 10.11.4 debuted, a new build of tvOS 9.2 for Apple TV has been supplied to registered developers.
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Apple on Thursday officially sent out invitations for a March 21 media event, telling members of the press to “let us loop you in.” The company is widely expected to announce a new 4-inch “iPhone SE” and a 9.7-inch “iPad Pro.”
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Apple Music partner Sonos to layoff employees, renew focus on streaming and voice control
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With industry consensus trending toward the introduction of a new, smaller version of the iPad Pro to succeed the aging iPad Air 2, Chinese manufacturers have begun to churn out cases fitting that design weeks before the rumored unveiling.
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A bill introduced in the California State Assembly earlier this year would require companies that build smartphones and mobile operating systems to build backdoors in their products and fine any company that does not comply.
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