And therefore people should know about it On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:32 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
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