Today saw the deadline for amicus briefs in the heated iPhone security trial, and dozens of companies took the opportunity to file in support of Apple. Twitter, Reddit, Github, Ebay, and CloudFlare submitted a brief with 12 other startup companies, emphasizing the values of privacy and transparency in online services. WordPress and Automattic also submitted a brief that emphasizes the danger the precedent would pose to software companies, which might be compelled by courts to rewrite their products. Microsoft, Google and Facebook have announced intentions to file briefs, but the text of the briefs has not yet been made public. (This post will be updated as the briefs become available.)
Earlier today, a group of security experts also...
via The Verge
