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From Reagan's Cyber Plan To Apple Vs. FBI: 'Everything Is Up For Grabs'

A pedestrian walks by an Apple store in New York City on Feb. 23. Protesters demonstrated against the FBI's efforts to require the company to make it easier to unlock the encrypted iPhone used by Syed Rizwan Farook. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption

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From Reagan's Cyber Plan To Apple Vs. FBI: 'Everything Is Up For Grabs'

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March 22, 2016 • Fred Kaplan, author of Dark Territory, traces the history of cyber defense into the current heated debate between the FBI and Apple over the encryption of the iPhone.

From Reagan's Cyber Plan To Apple Vs. FBI: 'Everything Is Up For Grabs'

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The Delay In The FBI's Clash With Apple: What Does It Mean?

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the latest version of the iPhone on Monday in Cupertino, Calif. The company's legal fight with the FBI may be at an end, or at least a detente, if a third party's suggestion lets the agency hack into the San Bernardino shooters' encrypted iPhone. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption

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The Delay In The FBI's Clash With Apple: What Does It Mean?

March 22, 2016 • The FBI is testing a new tool that may allow it to crack into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters without Apple's help. Its success or failure could have major legal implications.

How A Foiled Robbery Sheds Light On Apple's Clash With The FBI

FBI Director James Comey told a congressional hearing on March 1, that encryption was creating "warrantproof" devices. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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How A Foiled Robbery Sheds Light On Apple's Clash With The FBI

March 8, 2016 • Is the FBI director right when he says that strong encryption is taking us to an unprecedented new world, where some places in our life are "warrantproof"?

How A Foiled Robbery Sheds Light On Apple's Clash With The FBI

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At Supreme Court, Debate Over Phone Privacy Has A Long History

A visitor takes photos with her smartphone outside the Supreme Court in 2014, while the judges heard arguments related to warrantless cellphone searches by police. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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At Supreme Court, Debate Over Phone Privacy Has A Long History

March 8, 2016 • Wiretaps, messaging and metadata: If it reaches the Supreme Court, Apple's legal clash with the FBI would fit into a long discussion about the role of telephones in our lives.