hmmm, sorry didn't see this earlier... While true I think it would have been more correct to say that the government was citing the law against apple in some way but probably a bit late :).
[TLDR for those that don't know the law it is actually very short (and as the date says very old) and basically says: A federal Judge can issue any order necessary in order to enforce the law] while it doesn't contain any explicit "exceptions" the constitution etc are obviously assumed. It is a catchall law for when there is no explicit law or rule that allows them to order someone to do something. In this case there is no law that congress has passed saying that Apple or a company needs to decrypt a device therefore the FBI is trying to use the All Writs act as a work around to say "but this is needed for our work Judge so you have to order them to do it". The biggest problem with the law in general is that it is SOOOO broad, nowadays it is usually used to try and get around electronic countermeasures or other 'new technology' issues. James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/700071642370691072 > > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> The article does look good enough to post now, I think. >> >> On 17 February 2016 at 21:34, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Apple is invoking this 1789 law against an iPhone security request from >>> the FBI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Writs_Act >>> >>> Yes or no. >>> >>> Jeff Elder >>> Digital communications manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> 704-650-4130 >>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The article has grown significantly today >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_Writs_Act&action=history >>>> >>>> and by sharing it on social, it will likely grow further. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Joe Sutherland < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The article kind of sucks to be honest. I'm loathe to promote it on >>>>> social at this point, and I'm not sure how to condense it to 140 >>>>> characters >>>>> myself (seems like a kind of complicated Act, imo). >>>>> >>>>> Joe >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 17 February 2016 at 20:44, Samuel Tarling <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I agree, first thing I did when I read the news today - I imagine >>>>>> we'll see a spike in traffic to that page >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Victor Grigas <[email protected] >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Per Apple's letter to its customers >>>>>>> <https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/>, we might want to share >>>>>>> this on social: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Writs_Act >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Victor Grigas* >>>>>>> Storyteller <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/WPZeroPetition> and >>>>>>> Video Content Producer >>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Samuel Tarling >>>>>> www.samtarling.co.uk >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Joe Sutherland* >>>>> Communications Intern [remote] >>>>> joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) >>>>> 7722 916 433 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Victor Grigas* >>>> Storyteller <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/WPZeroPetition> and >>>> Video Content Producer >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Joe Sutherland* >> Communications Intern [remote] >> joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 >> 916 433 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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