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| Subject: Apple hits back at 'corrosive' claim by US government Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:11 pm | |
| Apple has accused the US Justice Department of trying to "smear" the company with "desperate" and "unsubstantiated" claims.
It followed the DoJ's latest court filing over its demand Apple create software to unlock an iPhone used by an attacker in a mass shooting last year.
The DoJ said Apple's stance was "corrosive" of institutions trying to protect "liberty and rights".
It also claims Apple helped the Chinese government with iPhone security.
Apple's general counsel Bruce Sewell told reporters on a conference call: "The tone of the brief reads like an indictment".
He said: "Everybody should beware because it seems like disagreeing with the Department of Justice means you must be evil and anti-American, nothing could be further from the truth."
Prosecutors claim Apple's own data shows that China demanded information from Apple regarding more than 4,000 iPhones in the first half of 2015, and Apple produced data 74% of the time.
But Mr Sewell said the new filing relies on thinly sourced news reports to inaccurately suggest that Apple had colluded with the Chinese government to undermine [iPhone] buyers' security.
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-35781044 |
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