Apple
probably invoke the rights of freedom of speech in the United States as
one of its main legal arguments to prevent the court order to unlock
encrypted iPhone one of the authors of the deadly attack in San
Bernardino, this week told attorneys experienced in this area .
By David Ingram and Dan Levine / Reuters
On Thursday, a US court granted the company three days to file a response to the command. Apple will now have until February 26 to submit your answer, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The tech giant and the US government are routed to a first-order conflict about computer security and encryption, after a federal judge in Los Angeles issued a ruling Tuesday that Apple requires specific software and provide technical assistance to researchers.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was unprecedented. Other technology giants like Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Google Inc Alphabet, have supported Apple.
Apple has hired two prominent lawyers on freedom of expression for the conflict with the government, according to court documents: Theodore Olson and Theodore Boutros.
The Justice Department lawyers argued in court papers his request, citing various authorities, such as the case in which a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1977 validated an order forcing a telephone company to assist in placing a system allowed to store telephone numbers.
However, Apple is likely to expand the case to include guarantees of free speech in the First Amendment to the US Constitution, according to lawyers who are not involved in the dispute but still.
Unlike other countries, the United States has a defense system of freedom of expression even for strong companies, and at least one court has decreed that the computer code is a form of expression, but that decision was later overturned.
By David Ingram and Dan Levine / Reuters
On Thursday, a US court granted the company three days to file a response to the command. Apple will now have until February 26 to submit your answer, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The tech giant and the US government are routed to a first-order conflict about computer security and encryption, after a federal judge in Los Angeles issued a ruling Tuesday that Apple requires specific software and provide technical assistance to researchers.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was unprecedented. Other technology giants like Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Google Inc Alphabet, have supported Apple.
Apple has hired two prominent lawyers on freedom of expression for the conflict with the government, according to court documents: Theodore Olson and Theodore Boutros.
The Justice Department lawyers argued in court papers his request, citing various authorities, such as the case in which a ruling by the Supreme Court in 1977 validated an order forcing a telephone company to assist in placing a system allowed to store telephone numbers.
However, Apple is likely to expand the case to include guarantees of free speech in the First Amendment to the US Constitution, according to lawyers who are not involved in the dispute but still.
Unlike other countries, the United States has a defense system of freedom of expression even for strong companies, and at least one court has decreed that the computer code is a form of expression, but that decision was later overturned.