Apple calls DOJ's most recent response to San Bernardino case 'a cheap shot'
- 8 years ago
Tensions between Apple and the FBI flared up Thursday after the U.S. Department of Justice filed its latest response in the San Bernardino iPhone case.
The FBI is asking Apple to help it unlock an iPhone used by Syed Farook, the gunman in the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people and injured 22 more.
In its most recent filing, the government calls those statements into question, writing that "Apple appears to have made special accommodations in China as well: For example, moving Chinese user data to Chinese government servers, and installing a different Wi-Fi protocol for Chinese iPhones."
In a press call held after the Department of Justice filed its brief, Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell said that the government's response "reads like an indictment" and classified its statements as "a cheap shot."
Attorneys for Apple reiterated the company's stance that it has no agreements or backdoors with any country and that it has never been asked to do what the U.S. government is requesting with regards to writing special software to bypass the iPhone's unlock screen.
The FBI is asking Apple to help it unlock an iPhone used by Syed Farook, the gunman in the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people and injured 22 more.
In its most recent filing, the government calls those statements into question, writing that "Apple appears to have made special accommodations in China as well: For example, moving Chinese user data to Chinese government servers, and installing a different Wi-Fi protocol for Chinese iPhones."
In a press call held after the Department of Justice filed its brief, Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell said that the government's response "reads like an indictment" and classified its statements as "a cheap shot."
Attorneys for Apple reiterated the company's stance that it has no agreements or backdoors with any country and that it has never been asked to do what the U.S. government is requesting with regards to writing special software to bypass the iPhone's unlock screen.