Fight for Encryption Gets New Allies as Tech Companies Join Apple Against the FBI

Apple’s defiance of the FBI’s request to unlock the work phone of one of the San Bernadino shooters has become an all out PR and legal battle being waged on all fronts.
Fight for Encryption Gets New Allies as Tech Companies Join Apple Against the FBI
A pedestrian walks by an Apple Store in San Francisco, Calif., on on July 10, 2013. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Apple’s defiance of the FBI’s request to unlock the work phone of one of the San Bernadino shooters has become an all out PR and legal battle being waged on all fronts.

Although the case is ostensibly about unlocking a single phone, even the FBI has admitted that this is all about setting a precedent that would allow law enforcement unfettered access to anyone’s phone.

FBI has admitted that this is all about setting a precedent that would allow law enforcement unfettered access to anyone's phone.