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Apple and other tech companies deny PRISM surveillance claims, NSA says...
Claims made by The Washington Post that the National Security Agency was tapping into the servers of nine tech companies for details of user activity have been denied by Apple and most of the other...
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Apple responds to accusations of sharing customer data with U.S. government
Apple published an open letter late Sunday night responding to recent allegations that the company had given customers’ personal information, including phone call logs, to the U.S. government as part...
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President Obama meets with Tim Cook, other execs over government surveillance
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and other technology company executives today to discuss government surveillance, according to a report from Politico. Earlier this week,...
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Apple reiterates it cannot read user iMessages, has no plans to do so
Update: Fresh Apple statement added The immunity of iMessages from government surveillance has been cast into doubt by QuarksLab security researchers presenting at the Hack in the Box conference in...
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Apple and other leading tech companies support USA Freedom Act to limit NSA...
Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL have all signed an open letter expressing support for the USA Freedom Act co-sponsored by Democrat Senator Patrick Leahy and Republican Representative...
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Apple joins tech titans in calling for government spying reform and limitations
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has joined Microsoft, Twitter, Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, and other giants in the tech industry in calling for a reform of the NSA’s surveillance tactics....
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NSA had almost total access to iPhones, including microphone & camera, says...
The NSA could access almost all data stored on an iPhone, including location, text messages and contact lists – including the ability to activate both microphone and camera, according to a...
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Tim Cook among tech CEOs German committee may want to testify in NSA...
Apple’s association with the United States National Security Agency may once again put the company in the spotlight as Germany begins to investigate the agency’s recent activity. According to a report...
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Chinese state TV annoyed by NSA, takes it out on Apple
The WSJ reports that the state-run China Central TV has described the iPhone as a “national security concern” due to its location-tracking capabilities. In its national noon broadcast, state-run China...
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Apple removes language from Transparency Reports signaling new government...
Just as Apple published a new letter from Tim Cook and an update on privacy and security policies, a new report points to evidence the company has recently received new government demands for user...
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Department of Justice: iPhone encryption will lead to the death of a child
Apple and the government have long been engaged in a bitter war of words over encryption and security practices employed in Apple’s iOS devices, but a new Wall Street Journal report indicates that the...
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Chinese government removes Apple from list of approved tech companies for...
The Chinese government has removed several prominent US tech companies, including Apple, from its list of approved vendors for state purchases, Reuters reported today. The change is hardly unexpected...
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Apple, Google & other large tech companies urge the White House & Congress...
Apple is one of ten tech giants to once again call on the US Government not to reauthorize the Patriot Act in its current form. The Act expires on 1st June unless it is renewed by Congress. Apple was...
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All aboard the hyperbole train: Manhattan district attorney says iPhone...
We’ve heard some pretty outrageous ramblings from the government regarding Apple’s use of encryption in its mobile devices in the past—including a claim from the Department of Justice that some day it...
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DOJ and FBI officials say Apple & other tech companies ‘winning PR battle’...
Some law enforcement officials are frustrated that Apple and other tech companies appear to be winning the PR battle over data privacy, reports the NYT. Some Justice and F.B.I. officials have been...
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Apple helped the DOJ write a court order compelling it to unlock an iPhone in...
The WSJ has illustrated the stark contrast in Apple’s attitude to assisting law enforcement to access iPhones before and after the Snowden revelations about mass surveillance of private data. It was...
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