Apple readies legal fight with DOJ over unlocking iPhones, as Trump slams firm - Business Insider

, the tech giant's CEO Tim Cook is said to have gathered some top advisers for what could amount to a months-long legal clash. The goal, according to the Times, would be to avoid a prolonged confrontation but the firm is prepping for a legal fight just in case.

Publicly, Apple has said it is working with law enforcement on the Pensacola case, and disputed characterizations that it isn't assisting in the investigation. Apple is also reported to be frustrated that the DOJ hasn't spent enough time using third-party tools to try and unlock the phones. Apple's stance on refusing to compromise encryption on the iPhone jeopardizes Cook's positive relationship with Donald Trump., Trump wrote: "We are helping Apple all of the time on TRADE and so many other issues, and yet they refuse to unlock phones used by killers, drug dealers and other violent criminal elements. They will have to step up to the plate and help our great Country, NOW! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

This is not the first time Apple has faced legal disputes over its refusal to unlock iPhones used by criminals. In 2016, it faced a bitter, months-long stand-off with the FBI over whether or not to unlock the phone used by the perpetrator of the San Bernardino shooting.with a way to unlock the killer's phone.

Cook and Apple have long refused to build a so-called "backdoor" into its iPhones that would allow governments to access them in cases like criminal shootings,

The guy is dead. His privacy is no longer an issue.

Apple will win again.

A zillion people who know how to unlock an iPhone. Why is the DOJ wasting money and time?

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