Edward Snowden has waded into the arguments over the FBI’s attempt to force Apple to help it unlock the iPhone 5C of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Talking via video link from Moscow to the Common Cause Blueprint for a Great Democracy conference, Mr. Snowden said: “The FBI says Apple has the ‘exclusive technical means’ to unlock the phone. Respectfully, that’s bullshit.” Mr. Snowden then went on to tweet his support for an American Civil Liberties Union report saying that the FBI’s claims in the case are fraudulent.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak also spoke out against the FBI on the Conan O’Brien show on Monday, saying : “I side with Apple on this one. [The FBI] picked the lamest case you ever could.” — © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2016
