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President Donald Trump has butted heads with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the past, but when it comes to use of encryption on iPhone handsets, he is squarely in the FBI's corner. Both he and the FBI want Apple to build a backdoor into iOS that would allow law enforcement officials to access locked iPhone devices, a notion he reiterated in a recent interview. Apple has so far resisted appeasing the FBI in such a manner, due to concerns that such a backdoor would compromise the security of every iPhone and iPad owner on the planet. In lieu of relenting on its stance, Apple helps law enforcement in other ways during criminal investigations where iPhones come into play, such...
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In a recent post to Twitter, President Donald Trump offered up harsh criticism on Apple's policy of refusing to "unlock phones used by killers, drug dealers, and other violent criminals," which boils down to a fundamental argument over privacy and encryption, and the iPhone maker's resistance to building a backdoor into iOS. Apple's stance drew widespread attention following the shooting by a pair of San Bernardino terrorists a few years ago. Authorities had recovered an iPhone 5C that belonged to one of the shooters, but he perished in the gunfire during a confrontation with police. Initial attempts to bypass the iPhone's security to unlock the handset were unsuccessful, leading to a legal showdown...
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Huawei will once again be allowed to purchase parts and components from US suppliers, including Intel and Qualcomm, after President Donald Trump announced that he is lifting the ban on the Chinese telecom. The decision was made after he met with China's president over the weekend. It also calls into question if the ban was really ever about national security, or mainly a bargaining chip in negotiations with China over trade. Tensions between the US and China have obviously been high, and it is not clear if Huawei got caught in the crossfire or, as domestic intelligence agencies have been saying for a long time, poses an actual security threat. Those warnings have largely prevented Huawei from...
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