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Like Your Privacy? Then Get Behind Apple’s Battle to Save It

By John Kiriakou Feb 21, 2016 The FBI is pressuring the tech giant to create a "back door" to gain access to everything on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Supposedly it would be a one-time-only thing. Don’t believe it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

In Privacy Fight, Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Seen as a Model of Civic Leadership From the Private Sector

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 19, 2016 Friends and close relations say that Cook -- who this week published a letter explaining his decision to resist a federal order to make his customers’ private information vulnerable to theft and surveillance -- is exercising his belief that “businesses and their leaders should think of themselves as important members of civic society,” The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Privacy Activists Rally Around Apple in ‘Most Important Tech Case in a Decade’

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Feb 19, 2016 To defend users' privacy rights, Apple is refusing to give government encrypted iPhone data in the San Bernardino shooting case. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Apple’s Tim Cook

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2016 This week, it's a no-brainer. Tim Cook is our Truthdigger of the Week for his willingness to take on the "1984"-like security state with a statement of principle on behalf of privacy. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

How Did Apple End Up in the Government’s Encryption Crosshairs?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 18, 2016 The tech giant has positioned itself as a champion of privacy by engaging in a potentially momentous conflict with the federal government over encryption. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Apple Will Fight Order to Unlock San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 17, 2016 Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will oppose a federal order to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino, Calif., shooters because compliance could undermine encryption for millions of other users. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Apple Boss Says He’ll Resist U.K. Spy Law

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2015 Apple CEO Tim Cook pledged Wednesday to resist the British government’s effort to gain access to digital users' encrypted data through a proposed spying law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can Apple, Google and Facebook Save Us From Big Brother?

Thor Benson / Truthdig Sep 11, 2015 The big tech companies have the resources to launch a campaign for privacy that could change the world. As one scholar and researcher has written, “They may be our best chance out of this surveillance mess.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Glass Ceilings and Class Consciousness

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Nov 1, 2014 If Tim Cook and I ever had a political conversation -- unlikely -- we might well begin from some shared premises, but would certainly reach different conclusions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Apple CEO Tim Cook

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 1, 2014 Tim Cook's statement that he is gay, and considers the fact a gift, is an important event in a line that leads back to Harvey Milk. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )