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Citizens call on White House to end FBI efforts to compel Apple in phone unlocking case

A new petition is asking the Obama Administration to halt the FBI's efforts to compel Apple to create a software backdoor into iOS in order to access data on the iPhone 5c of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The petition, posted on the White House's We the People site, calls the FBI's efforts an "unprecedented step" that threatens the security of Apple's customers. The FBI, is demanding that Apple build a "backdoor" to bypass digital locks protecting consumer information on Apple's popular iPhones. We the undersigned, oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand. As of this writing, the petition has gathered 8,331 digital signatures. If it receives 100,000 by March 18, 2016, it will merit a response from the Administration. At the same time, Congressman Ted Lieu of California's 33rd congresional district — one of the small handful of lawmakers with a background in computer science — has expressed his concerns over the FBI's approach. ...<br clear='all'/>

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