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February 24, 2016
By JIM FINKLES
KFGO
BOSTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of Americans support Apple Inc's decision to oppose a federal court order demanding that it unlock a smartphone used by San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook, according to a national online Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Forty-six percent of respondents said they agreed with Apple's position, 35 percent said they disagreed and 20 percent said they did not know, according to poll results released on Wednesday.
February 24, 2016
By AMANDA TERKEL
The Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- A group of civil rights organizations are filing a historic consumer fraud complaint with the federal government on Wednesday, charging that a group purporting to change people's sexual orientation or gender identity is engaging in deceptive business practices.
February 24, 2016
By BRIAN BARRETT
Wired
THROUGHOUT THE ONGOING fight between Apple and the FBI over custom access to an iPhone used by one of the two terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, the government has framed the argument as a simple trade-off: You must surrender a little privacy if you want more security. The scales don’t balance quite so neatly, though; there’s nothing secure about giving the FBI their way. Still, it’s been an effective way for the government to win over the public, on its way to trying to win over the courts.
February 24, 2016
Patently Apple
Last week Patently Apple posted a report titled "Tim Cook's Decision to go to War with the Government will now veer into a Legal Argument over Free Speech." The report noted that Apple would likely seek to invoke the United States' protections of free speech as one of their key legal arguments in trying to block an order to help unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Late yesterday the Los Angeles Times confirmed that Apple will indeed pursue this legal tactic.
February 24, 2016
By ZOE CHAPMAN and MEGAN GRAHAM
Just Security
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
SURVEILLANCE, PRIVACY & TECHNOLOGY
February 24, 2016
By JACK LOUGHRAN
Engineering and Technology Magazine
Super-secure phones and mobile applications are already forming part of an emerging industry and the latest case may serve to increase its prominence. An Apple executive has said the company will strengthen its encryption if it wins the court battle with the federal government.
February 24, 2016
By DAN PYE
iLounge
February 24, 2016
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Washington, D.C. -- Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed four bipartisan measures. A summary of the Committee action, including adopted amendments, will be available HERE.
The Committee passed H. Res. 148 (introduced by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL)), as amended, which calls on Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held United States hostage in our Nation’s history.
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a federal consumer fraud complaint against People Can Change, an organization that preys on vulnerable LGBT people and families by using damaging and discredited claims that it can change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
February 24, 2016
By ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN
Reason.com