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Apple, FBI face off before Congress over iPhone encryption

The five questions that will decide Apple’s fight with the FBI | The Verge

"There’s also the real possibility that the New York Telephone case doesn’t matter at all. The All Writs Act only applies where there’s no preexisting statute that addresses the situation — but we’ve added a lot of new statutes in the 39 years since New York Telephone was argued. Some legal experts have offered 1994’s Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act in particular as a relevant statute. If the court agrees, it would strike at the heart of the government’s case, punting the entire argument directly back to Congress.

The government’s filings address this up front, claiming CALEA is inapplicable because Apple isn’t a carrier and the order concerns stored data rather than real-time phone records. But Apple’s filing points out a separate section of CALEA that says the government "cannot dictate to providers of electronic communications services or manufacturers of telecommunications equipment any specific equipment design or software configuration." It’s not an exact match — since GovtOS won’t be sold as a product, maybe it’s more like a coding request than a dictated software configuration — but for many, it sounds an awful lot like what the FBI is asking from Apple in the broader encryption fight."

The five questions that will decide Apple’s fight with the FBI | The Verge

Brooklyn judge denies government's request to unlock iPhone in drug case

Brooklyn judge denies government's request to unlock iPhone in drug case

"(Reuters) - A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York denied the U.S. government's motion to compel Apple Inc. to provide access into an iPhone used in a drug case, according to court documents released on Monday.

The government sought access to the phone in October, months before a judge in California ordered Apple to give the government access to the phone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino, California attacks."

I’ll use the Pixel C full-time for 30 days so you don’t have to - Chrome Story

I’ll use the Pixel C full-time for 30 days so you don’t have to - Chrome Story

"So here are the ground rules: I’m beginning my experiment today, Leap Day, February 29th, the only day crazy enough for an endeavor such as this. For the next calendar month, I will not use or even turn on my regular full-time computer (an original Chromebook Pixel) or any other laptop/desktop device. While away from my desk, I will continue to use my Android phone, a Nexus 5X. If a work-related task can’t be done on the Pixel C, I won’t do it. I’ll either find an acceptable workaround or ask/pay someone else to accomplish the task for me. I’ll catalog my experience here on Chrome Story with regular posts throughout the month. I’ll enthusiastically highlight the good and the bad of life with one of Google’s most confounding — and most intriguing — products."

Apple vs FBI encryption debate

Remix Android You Can Put On Your Desktop - The Verge

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Google Is Working With Vizio on a Smart TV to Replace the Chromecast - Fortune

Google Is Working With Vizio on a Smart TV to Replace the Chromecast - Fortune

Google’s latest collaboration could soon replace its own Chromecast streaming device.

Variety reports that the tech giant is working with television manufacturer Vizio to develop new smart TV sets that allow users to stream video content from their mobile devices directly through the set without the need for any type of dongle or adapter, like Google’s  GOOGL 1.14%  Chromecast. The line of smart TVs could hit the market as soon as this spring, according to Variety‘s exclusive report, which cites anonymous sources.

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Tim Cook says FBI order 'could expose people to incredible vulnerabilities' | The Verge

This is a serious legal issue and I believe Apple is on the right side of history.  Fear creates the worst laws.  Look at the Patriot Act under Bush, The 1994 Crime Bill under Clinton.  In addition you are trying to force a company to create a technology.  That raises issues under the 13th Amendment.  This is only the beginning





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Adobe is telling people to stop using Flash | The Verge

Adobe is finally ready to say goodbye to Flash. In an announcement last night, Adobe said that it will now "encourage content creators to build with new web standards," such as HTML5, rather than Flash. It's also beginning to deprecate the Flash name by renaming its animation app to Animate CC, away from Flash Professional CC.



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Well-educated immigrants are biggest innovators in US tech - CNET

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump may be wrong about one part of what makes America great. According to a recent study, more than a third of technological innovation in this country comes from people born outside the US.

A Washington, DC-based think tank surveyed more than 900 individuals who have won prestigious awards or have been awarded international patents expected to make significant economic impact. It found that 35.5 percent of them were immigrants. That far exceeds the proportion of first-generation immigrants in the US population, which stands at about 13.5 percent,according to the report published Wednesday by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

Well-educated immigrants are biggest innovators in US tech - CNET

Samsung Galaxy S7 vs. LG G5

The Verge - New Samsung 7 and 7 Edge and LG's G5 Modular phone

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Smartphone Era Politics - The New York Times

 grew up with readers and, by extension, readership. The readers have vanished like migrating birds. They have been replaced by users and by viewers and by audience. The verbal experience has given way to the visual experience. Where pages were turned images are clicked. Words, those obdurate jewels, have been processed to form content, a commodity like any other. The letter has given way to the link.



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