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Protestor gather across US to back Apple in encryption battle with FBI

The White House so far has stood behind the FBI in its battle with Apple Inc.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-02-24 03:22 GMT
Protesters assembled in more than 30 cities to lash out at the FBI for obtaining a court order that requires Apple to make it easier to unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a gunman in December's mass shootings in Southern California.
Fight for the Future believes Apple's concerns are warranted and is hoping the protests will persuade the Obama administration to take a stand against the way the FBI is trying to break into Farook's iPhone, said Evan Greer, the group's campaign director. The White House so far has stood behind the FBI in its battle with Apple Inc.
Apple is fighting the court order issued in the case, arguing that the special software sought by the FBI could be used to break into millions of other iPhones. The FBI contends Apple is exaggerating the security risks of complying with the court order in a marketing ploy aimed at selling more iPhones.
The iPhone that the FBI is trying to examine was used by Syed Farook, who along with his wife killed 14 people in December.
The gatherings have come a week after the FBI went to court to force Apple to weaken the security built into most iPhones to help a terrorism investigation in San Bernardino, California. The FBI wants Apple to remove a feature that erases the information stored on an iPhone after 10 unsuccessful attempts to enter a password, preventing unauthorized users from accessing the device.
The protests organised by the Internet rights group Fight for the Future are scheduled to occur Tuesday outside Apple stores in the US, the UK, Hong Kong and Germany.
The White House so far has stood behind the FBI in its battle with Apple Inc.

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