Trump launches fresh attack on Apple over privacy:
US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on Apple.
He tweeted that the company was refusing to unlock iPhones "used by killers, drug dealers and other violent criminal elements".
On Monday US Attorney General William Barr accused Apple of not being helpful in an inquiry into a shooting that is being treated as a terrorist act.
It is the latest in a series of clashes between the White House and technology giants over access to data.
Mr Trump accused Apple of refusing to co-operate with investigators despite his administration helping the company on trade and other issues.
The president's comments came a day after Mr Barr said Apple had failed to provide "substantive assistance" to unlock two iPhones in an investigation into a fatal shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida.
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(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Friday January 17 2020, @12:31AM (1 child)
About the same as if the US could do it. In fact, they're possibly less of a danger to me.
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @01:22AM
Perhaps my "them" wasn't obvious enough. The U.S. government through Barr, Trump, and others are the ones who keep asking for this in the media lately. The point I was trying to make is that I doubt they would appreciate the ability of China, Russia, or Iran to unlock any phone they wanted.