Google Will Join Microsoft in Backing Apple With a Legal Filing in FBI Case
http://recode.net/2016/02/25/google-will-join-microsoft-in-backing-apple-with-a-legal-filing-in-fbi-case/ Google plans to follow Microsoft in throwing its legal support behind Apple in its increasingly contentious dispute with the Federal government around the San Bernardino terror attacks, according to sources. At a congressional hearing on Thursday, Microsoft's legal chief, Brad Smith, said that the company plans to file an amicus brief next week in support of Apple's position. Google will deliver its own suit "soon," according to sources familiar with the company. Apple's standoff with the Feds is growing more heated each day. Apple filed documents in court today asking a judge to throw out the order demanding the company hand over data from the iPhone involved in the terror case. Apple has also asked its tech peers to stand behind the company. - - - Excellent. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
