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NYT: Apple engineers may quit before cracking the iPhone
The spirit of anarchy and anti-establishment still runs strong at Apple. Rather than comply with the government's requests to develop a so-called "GovtOS" to unlock the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, The New York Times' half-dozen sources say that some software engineers may quit instead. "It's an independent culture and a rebellious one," former Apple engineering manager Jean-Louis Gassée tells NYT. "If the government tries to compel testimony or action from these engineers, good luck with that."
Apple's response to DOJ filing in San Bernadino case: Nope!
Apple continues to refuse complying with the feds' demands to open up the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone 5c. Cupertino has filed a reply brief in response to the DOJ's filing, stating that the government is attempting to "rewrite history by portraying the [All Writs] Act as an all-powerful magic wand rather than the limited procedural tool it is." Apple also reiterated that to comply would be dangerous to the "security and privacy of millions of citizens." Company exec Eddy Cue expressed the same sentiments in the past.
President Obama urges SXSW audience not to be 'absolutists' on encryption
South by Southwest managed to get a pretty good keynote speaker as it kicked things off today: President Obama. The president sat down with Evan Smith, editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune, for a quick but wide-ranging interview loosely focused on civic engagement in the 21st century. He also spent about ten minutes discussing the ongoing battle between privacy and security as highlighted by the battle between the FBI and Apple. As a practiced politician, Obama avoided coming down too hard on any one side, and he said he wasn't able to discuss the ongoing FBI vs. Apple case at all. But by and large his message was that sacrificing some degree of privacy for the sake of our safety has served the country well for hundreds of years, and he expects we'll figure out a way to do so digitally as well.
