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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Backdoor To iPhones Would Be Software Equivalent Of Cancer

8:33pm February 24, 2016

by Laura Wagner

In an interview, Cook reiterated the company's position that Apple will not create iPhone-cracking software for the FBI, as the government has ordered.

A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the two shooters in the San Bernardino attack in December.

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Can A 1789 Law Apply To An iPhone?

7:56pm February 19, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The All Writs Act of 1789 was cited by a federal magistrate in ordering Apple to unlock an iPhone.

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Marc Rotenberg, head of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, worries that future phones would have to have a built-in backdoor.

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A Privacy Advocate's View Of Ordering Apple To Help Unlock Shooter's iPhone

5:02pm February 17, 2016

Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center says the implication, if Apple did unlock the San Bernardino gunman's phone, is that future phones would have to have a built-in backdoor.

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"We don't collect a lot of your data and understand every detail about your life. That's just not the business that we are in," says Apple CEO Tim Cook, shown here at the NPR offices in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is A Fundamental Human Right'

7:10am October 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

Apple has long touted the power and design of its devices, but recently it's been emphasizing their privacy features. Tim Cook describes how Apple is protecting and using, or not using, customer data.

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Steve Jobs shows off a second-generation Apple TV during a press event in September 2010.

In Loaded Launch Event, New Apple TV May Merit Closest Look

11:14am September 10, 2015

by Laura Sydell

While Apple's new phones and tablet mostly follow the faster-bigger-sharper formula, Apple TV's voice functionality and app ecosystem could be a breakthrough.

A video about the Apple Watch is shown during an Apple special event in Cupertino, Calif.

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The 2014 Tech Trends We'll Still Be Talking About Next Year

6:35pm December 29, 2014

by Elise Hu

Apple is ending an influential 2014 but faces another big test ahead. And we revisit the mega-hacks of the year and look to a more voice-controlled future.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook waves to a crowd before he is honored by the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Alabama state Capitol on Monday.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Comes Out As Gay

4:15pm October 30, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The head of the world's most iconic technology company says that although his sexual orientation has been no secret among friends and colleagues, now is the time to publicly acknowledge it.