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How Apple's Vicious Guard Dog Keeps the FBI at Bay7 years ago
Published March 2, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

How Apple's Vicious Guard Dog Keeps the FBI at Bay

Block that metaphor! Early in his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, FBI Director James Comey hit on the best analogy yet to describe…

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The FBI’s Case Against Apple Got Kneecapped in Brooklyn7 years ago
Published March 1, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

The FBI’s Case Against Apple Got Kneecapped in Brooklyn

The judicial rebuke could not have been stronger. It was a case about a drug dealer in New York, not a terrorist in California. But when U.S. Magistrate…

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Here's Why the FBI Went After Apple When It Did7 years ago
Published February 28, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Here's Why the FBI Went After Apple When It Did

Timing is everything. J. Edgar Hoover was a master at this game. The legendary FBI director would latch on to the latest boogeyman—the Lindbergh kidnapper, a…

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Here's What the GOP Candidates Said About Apple vs. FBI7 years ago
Published February 27, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Here's What the GOP Candidates Said About Apple vs. FBI

All five are now on the record against Apple. The question of what Apple should be compelled to do about the San Bernardino iPhone came up at the…

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My Take on San Bernardino: Apple Will Win This Case7 years ago
Published February 26, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

My Take on San Bernardino: Apple Will Win This Case

The government's brief is weak. Apple's is strong. I'm not a lawyer and I've been wrong before. But I've read a few briefs in my career…

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Apple and the FBI Are Playing With Fire7 years ago
Published February 25, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple and the FBI Are Playing With Fire

Where Apple's fight with the feds fits in the history of strong cryptography. I'm old enough to remember when encryption technologies not half as powerful as…

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Today Is Steve Jobs' BirthdaySteve Jobs Stanford7 years ago
Published February 24, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Today Is Steve Jobs' Birthday

He would have been 61. As I did when he was still running Apple (aapl), I'd like to celebrate Steve Jobs' life by re-posting the most…

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Apple vs. FBI: What the Polls Are Saying—Updated7 years ago
Published February 23, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Apple vs. FBI: What the Polls Are Saying—Updated

They're saying two very different things. In the standoff over access to the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, who's right: Apple or the FBI? A variety of opinion…

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Look Who Sold Their Apple Shares Last Quarter7 years ago
Published February 22, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Look Who Sold Their Apple Shares Last Quarter

Tracking the ebb and flow of capital in five interactive charts. Apple, the U.S. markets' most widely held and actively traded stock, lost 5% of its…

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Here's Steve Jobs on What Privacy Means to Apple—VideoSteve Jobs at AllthingsD 87 years ago
Published February 21, 2016 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Here's Steve Jobs on What Privacy Means to Apple—Video

Apple's tough stance on privacy and security didn't originate with Tim Cook. Here's Steve Jobs at AllThingsD8, five years before San Bernardino, telling Walt Mossberg and…

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1983 — mostly for Time Magazine (28 years), later for Fortune (9 years), where he wrote a daily blog called Apple 2.0. [Read more.]

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