At this moment, it appears that the politics of the situation are shifting away from the FBI seeing a victory. Apple, Google, and other tech companies (AT&T excluded) are strongly opposed to the DOJ's interpretation of All Writs. Based on last week's hearings, Congress is either opposed or lukewarm (at best) to broadly interpreting it. And last week saw Ornstein's ruling come down pretty strongly against the government.<p>There may be new laws that eventually come out as a result of this, but for now I think smart money would be on betting against the FBI coming out on top in their current attempts to force Apple to unlock the San Bernadino murderer's iPhone 5.<p>It's a pleasant surprise to note that on this matter the system seems to be working.
I'm disappointed that BlackBerry isn't part of this but I think John Chen made it clear where he stands in this debate.<p>From a December article:<p>"Chen insinuated that if a Blackberry phone was at issue in the case Ars wrote about, he would comply with the search warrant."<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/blackberry-ceo-says-apple-has-gone-to-dark-place-with-pro-privacy-stance/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/blackberry-ceo-sa...</a>
Have you noticed that IBM is missing here. Here is a question posted as well at <a href="http://www.pixelstech.net/topic/140-Why-doesn-t-IBM-file-legal-brief-in-support-of-Apple" rel="nofollow">http://www.pixelstech.net/topic/140-Why-doesn-t-IBM-file-leg...</a>
the ironic part is Google's well documented relationships with the CIA and the NSA.<p>This is a little like them agreeing with Apple while making backroom deals with the government. Not exactly a vote of confidence in my mind.