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Apple Sues NSO Group Over FORCEDENTRY Exploit and Pegasus Spyware Targeting

| Importance: 9/10

Apple files a federal lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in the US District Court for Northern California, seeking to hold the Israeli spyware firm accountable for surveillance and targeting of Apple users. The complaint provides new technical details about NSO …

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Apple Receives Special Tariff Exemptions After CEO Cultivates Trump Relationship

| Importance: 6/10

Cook’s ‘charm offensive’ through multiple dinners and meetings with Trump 2018-2019 secured Apple exemptions from China tariffs on iPhones and core products. Cook dined at Trump Tower, Bedminster golf course, attended White House state dinner, gave Trump Mac Pro plant tour. Apple …

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FBI Orders Apple to Break iPhone Encryption in San Bernardino Case

| Importance: 9/10

A federal magistrate judge ordered Apple to create special software to bypass security features on an iPhone 5C used by San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, triggering the most public battle over encryption in U.S. history. The FBI sought to unlock the device after the December 2015 attack …

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Apple Announces iOS 8 Encryption Makes iPhones Unlockable Even by Apple

| Importance: 9/10

Apple announced that iOS 8 implements encryption so strong that the company itself cannot unlock iPhones or iPads, even when presented with a valid search warrant. This represented a dramatic escalation in the encryption debate and a direct response to NSA surveillance revelations, fundamentally …

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