Dozens of tech companies have taken toward Apple in dispute with the FBI

They believe the deal with the Bureau put an end to the civil rights era.

The list of companies that supported Apple's, is very impressive. That firms like Airbnb, Atlassian, Automattic, CloudFlare, eBay, GitHub, Kickstarter, LinkedIn, Mapbox, Medium, Meetup, Reddit, Square, Squarespace, Twilio, Twitter, Wickr. And the American Civil Liberties Union, and 32 professors in law from the universities of the world. Apple is also supported by Google, Microsoft Facebook, Snapchat, Mozilla and Dropbox. And before you is not a complete list of Apple supporters.

All these companies and enthusiasts, alone or united in groups, signed a formal petition addressed to the court. In their appeals - the words of support to the company from Cupertino:

Today, Google joined to a variety of technology companies who wrote a petition in a US federal court. Together we voice puzzled about the use of legislation enacted in the 18th century, in fact, associated with the digital data and inhabitants safety.

From a letter to Google blog

Indeed, the US Supreme Court, requiring the Apple support the FBI in the investigation, based on the old law All Writs Act, granting the state special rights in the resolution in accordance with the law of certain cases. It was adopted in 1789.

American Civil Liberties Union and all written petition to the court on 26 pages. It was signed by 16 technology companies.

The government is trying to force a private company to release software for hacking her own protection systems. These actions are aimed at the destruction of privacy and the protection of user data. In the future, we do lose control over how such data will be retrieved and used.

This requirement is not limited to the government by any legal framework. There is the risk of a dangerous precedent which would allow the authorities to continue to evade legal proceedings marked by strict, precise rules. The state will have access to user data, and legislators can not do anything about it.

From the petition of the American Civil Liberties Union

Mobile operator AT & T, in turn, has also published its own petition, condemning the government's actions.

Technologies have changed dramatically since 1994, when Congress last considered related issues. Then Congress focused attention on the fact that telecommunications companies can do to help the defenders of law and order and national security agents.

Now the government is just trying to get to the data stored by other companies - from manufacturers of gadgets to social networks, search engines, and application developers.

Our laws are not as advanced as modern technologies. Another solution is new legislation that would clarify the rights and obligations of companies and citizens.

From AT & T message

Support colleagues in the industry is extremely important for Apple in this difficult situation. At the manufacturer iPhone opponents mass on the subject, believes that the security of the nation should be paramount.

Technology companies and professionals, seems to be much more aware of the situation and the prospects for creating a backdoor in of iOS, although the leadership of the country and guarantee the protection of software and user data. Moreover, the 5 families of victims of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino joined together to file a lawsuit in federal court. They need to get the Apple iPhone hacking Syed Farooq, and their interests in court represented by counsel Steven Larson.

Let me remind you that a lot of ordinary citizens of the opposite opinion, and among them there are also the victims of the December family.

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