Tech giants come out in support of Apple against FBI

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, Ebay & Reddit, amongst others have come out in support of Apple in its case against the FBI.

http://www.wired.com/2016/03/apple-fbi-tech-industry-support-amicus-brief/?mbid=nl_3316 / reserved signs Apple FBI hang House Judiciary Committee hearing room Washington show solidarity Apple’s tech industry competitors contemporaries filed amicus briefs stand against FBI heavyweights including Google Microsoft Facebook corporate rivalries file jointly Twitter Airbnb Ebay Reddit Internet luminaries file brief briefs argue Apple should not be compelled create software help FBI break into iPhone San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook Cupertino company’s legal case Intel AT&T had a secret spying pact NSA filed briefs ACLU Access Now Wickr Foundation security experts support experts institutions join Thursday deadline case judge Sheri Pym natural cause technology industry tech leaders express support Apple companies support Apple publicly public perception concerns filed briefs Apple Twitter Ebay Reddit Apple’s Internet government’s interpretation All Writs Act of 1789 justify order compel Apple hack iPhone All Writs Act authorize government important public debate legislative processes compel private company government’s investigative arm no legal basis All Writs Act law core principles of privacy security transparency Internet AWA law enforcement boundless authority government’s demand legal limits dangerous precedent government force companies create design redesign systems allow law enforcement access data requiring government measures meet requirements legislatively enacted statutory schemes limitless repercussions government seeks unbounded authority compel Apple design software currently exist circumvent undermine security measures protect users data principle require companies turn over one user’s information weaken security measures created to protect all users government extraordinary authority set rules legal protections erode user privacy security defeat users interest in transparency undermine existing legislative framework balancing competing interests policy considerations Google Microsoft Facebook Amazon Yahoo brief Google Microsoft Facebook Yahoo Amazon prominent technology companies outdated All Writs Act 1789 open-ended source of new powers FBI cited precedent government compel companies technical assistance dangerous extend limited endorsement judicial power third parties US v. NY Telephone Supreme Court Court diverse contexts third party duties court exercise caution decision cell phones Internet precedent law should evolve with technology Riley v California Supreme Court cell phones full search incident to arrest Court cell phones technology search incident to arrest precedents decided cell phone FBI store emails conversations appointments photos medical information device carry in their pockets cell phones organize remember important extension of our memories Congress courts last few decades laws Wiretap Act FISA CALEA regulates technological surveillance rapidly evolving technology social benefits Congress confront the issues Congress issues comprehensive legislative scheme regulating investigative methods perspective companies employees government power conscript technology companies’ engineers develop products create absent government compulsion nonburdensome technical assistance All Writs Act authorizes time and resources engineers new versions companies’ products circumvent undermine pre-existing data-security features new versions product court code legally considered speech writing computer code creative complex expressive task form of protected speech under the First Amendment Apple FBI return to court Judge Pym /