The reason many technologists fear a negative outcome in the San Bernardino Apple case is because of the possibility the precedent would establish the ability of a court to compel a malicious update.

The House Judiciary Committee at 1:00 pm is holding a hearing at which FBI Director James Comey and Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell will both testify on going dark matters. Here's the live video: ...

Just in time for today's hearing on Capitol Hill, and for the RSA Conference in San Francisco, The Chertoff Group has released a white paper entitled "The Ground Truth About Encryption and The Consequenc...

What follows below is the second in a series of primers for those who are interested in the continuing fallout from Apple’s decision to resist government requests for technical assistance in overcoming p...

Magistrate Judge James Orenstein in the Eastern District of New York has ruled that the government's request for assistance from Apple to extract data from a phone operating iOS 7—an older operating syst...

To say that Apple has great marketing would be quite an understatement. Apple is widely recognized as having one of the most effective marketing and PR operations in their—or perhaps any—industry. Storie...

In a recent February 25 hearing of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, FBI Director Comey said two things. At 36:45 in the CSPAN video, he says that

This piece originally appeared on the Washington Post's Volokh Conspiracy but its themes are so pertinent to Lawfare readers that I've submitted it to Lawfare as well. ***

Do you need to get up to speed on the latest developments in the Apple vs FBI iPhone dispute, but either lack the time to read the brief Apple filed yesterday or the context to decode it? I’m here to he...

Director James Comey claims that the FBI is simply carrying out a diligent investigation in San Bernardino. Put bluntly, I doubt this for two reasons. First, the FBI and public already has enough knowled...