FBI could force us to turn on iPhone cameras and microphones, says Apple

Eddy Cue warns precedent set by San Bernardino case could lead to company being forced to turn users’ smartphones into surveillance devices

Snowden: FBI’s claim it can’t unlock the San Bernardino iPhone is ‘bullshit’

NSA whistleblower rubbishes claims that only Apple can unlock killer’s iPhone 5C, indicating FBI has the means itself

US government files appeal in New York iPhone unlocking case

Move is part of a campaign to show that Apple has assisted law enforcement in dozens of similar cases, and is thus able to help the FBI gather evidence

How did email grow from messages between academics to a global epidemic?

Ray Tomlinson, the man who literally put the @ in email addresses, has died. Here’s a brief history of electronic messages, from the Queen’s first mail to the triumph of spam

What’s a ‘cyber pathogen’? San Bernardino DA baffles security community

Michael Ramos claims a ‘lying dormant cyber pathogen’ on mass killer Syed Rizwan Farook’s phone still poses a threat. But what the hell is it?

Top 20 iPhone and iPad apps and games of the month

From automated DJing with Serato Pyro to audio broadcasting with Anchor, via The Walking Dead, Final Fantasy IX and Kendall & Kylie Jenner

Security experts: FBI asking Apple to weaken encryption is ‘path to hell’

As digital privacy issues erupt worldwide, experts gathering in San Francisco are united that the government should not influence security technology

Apple backed by San Bernardino relative ahead of Congress hearing

Cupertino’s battle with the FBI heads to Washington, with Apple supported by Salihin Kondoker whose wife was shot three times in the 2 December attacks

Apple v the FBI: why the 1789 All Writs Act is the wrong tool

The law requires a balance between flexibility and tyranny, and was never intended to let the government break the security and privacy on which digital trust depends

FBI seeking access to a dozen iPhones, Apple claims

Firm has submitted list to federal judge of at least 11 times since September that DoJ has sought access to newer models of iPhone than was earlier suggested

FBI has never asked Apple to weaken iPhone’s passcode security before

In a battle with the FBI over demand that Apple help unlock an iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter, government insists Apple has cooperated in the past

Is the FBI v Apple PR war even about encryption?

What the US intelligence agency is asking the tech company to do may not affect mobile security as much as its CEO Tim Cook wants you to believe

Apple says the FBI is making access demands even China hasn’t asked for

The tech company claims San Bernardino government workers botched an attempt to access gunman Syed Farook’s iCloud account and reset his password

Apple apologises over Error 53 and issues fix for bricked iPhones

Move comes after class action lawsuit over ‘security measure’ that left iPhones inoperable after they had home buttons replaced by non-Apple repairers

Inside the FBI’s encryption battle with Apple

For months, the FBI searched for a compelling case that would force Apple to weaken iPhone security – and then the San Bernardino shooting happened