Apple Asks Judge To Remove Order To Help Crack Terrorist's iPhone

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Apple on Thursday filed a motion in court asking a judge to remove an order demanding the company help crack the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

"This is not a case about one isolated iPhone. Rather, this case is about the
Department of Justice and the FBI seeking through the courts a dangerous power that
Congress and the American people have withheld," the motion begins.

The government, through a court order, is demanding Apple build what the company considers a security-suppressing “backdoor” into the iPhone. Apple is challenging the order, but the government argues that Apple must comply.

"In short, the government wants to compel Apple to create a crippled and insecure product. Once the process is created, it provides an avenue for criminals and foreign agents to access millions of iPhones. And once developed for our government, it is only a matter of time before foreign governments demand the same tool."

"The government says: 'Just this once' and 'Just this phone.' But the government knows those statements are not true; indeed the government has filed multiple other applications for similar orders, some of which are pending in other courts."

Apple argues that the demands of the government violate the company's Constitutional rights. In its motion, Apple invoked the First Amendment, stating that the court order would compel the company to express the government's views on consumer privacy, and not its own.

Read the fill motion here:

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